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?
Welcome to what Kaye Wilkinson Barley calls "Thursdays at Lesa's". Great name for Thursday if I didn't already call it "What Are You Reading?" Or, I should say, what's going on with your weather, your life, and your reading. We talk about all of that on Thursdays...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Hoods, Hot Rods, and Hellcats
I didn't get my current book read in order to review it here today, so I turned to a review from Kevin Tipple. I'll have "What Are You Reading?" up on Thursday, but I'm heading out that day to spend the weekend with my mother and sisters for my Mom's birthday. So,...
Smoke and Mirrors by M.E. Hilliard
M.E. Hilliard wraps up a four-book story arc with Smoke and Mirrors, but leaves a hint for the next book. Librarian Greer Hogan has been hunting for answers as to her husband's murder four years earlier, a storyline that began with The Unkindness of Ravens. Now,...