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
You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne
Beginning with Covid-19, I needed a break, so I've been reading historical romances set in England. I stumbled across Lisa Berne's debut romance from 2017, the first in her Penhallow Dynasty series. You May Kiss the Bride, unfortunately, will be the last...
A Beachside Giveaway
Well, we'll try again. Look at the covers of these books. Does anything say beach more than these two books? A Call for Kelp is the fourth book in Bree Baker's Seaside Cafe mystery series. There's no reason you can't read this if you haven't read the earlier ones,...
What Are You Reading?
Thursday! Are you ready to talk about what you've been reading this week? I'd love to know. I want to talk about two books. Akashic Books does a series of anthologies that are noir, dark and gritty crime stories, set in various cities around the world. And, they...