About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander
When I read the first of Ellie Alexander's Bakeshop mysteries, Meet Your Baker, I commented that the amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, was too impulsive, ready to fling herself into danger. It appears that Jules learned her lesson after ending up with a scar after her...
Distractions
How many of you needed a distraction this week? I turned off the television. I really couldn't watch the news. I'd rather read about it in the newspaper. Even then, I can only take so much news right now. But, I was invited to join a Facebook group, Friends and...
Have You Heard? Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
I'm just starting one book, and reading and writing reviews for Library Journal, so it's time to pick up an audiobook review from Sandie Herron. She's been on a roll with William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor mysteries. Today, she talks about Mercy Falls. Thank you,...