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
What Are You Reading?
I've had lazy days lately when I really only needed to do basic household tasks and read. It's been great. We've had just a few days with rain, and we could certainly use more. I did go to Gramercy Books, an independent bookstore, on Monday. They have a new...
“the Hunter” by Tim Sullivan
For those of you reading Tim Sullivan's DS Cross series, "The Hunter" is a short story in what the author is calling "The Cross Chronicles". If you sign up for Sullivan's newsletter, https://timsullivan.co.uk/sign-up/, you get a new short story every six months....
The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
Janice Hallett has created her own crime fiction niche, beginning with The Appeal. She continues in that slot with her latest book, The Killer Question. If you're unfamiliar with her books, she uses letters, texts, emails, phone calls, pub reviews, and in this one,...