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
Spirits and Smoke by Mary Miley
I was so impressed with Mary Miley's first historical mystery set in 19201s Chicago, The Mystic's Accomplice. I seldom say the second in the series is even better, but Spirits and Smoke is rich in historical detail. What can be more fascinating as a timeframe than...
The Maid by Nita Prose
While Nita Prose's debut novel, The Maid, is a mystery, it's also a character study of a young woman. That's where it shines, in the personality of Molly Gray, the narrator. She's a maid, "a nobody". And, no one ever listens or sees the maid, do they? Molly Gray feels...
Murder on “B” Deck by Vincent Starrett
Murder on "B" Deck was Vincent Starrett's first mystery novel. While his best known book was The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, according to Starrett expert Ray Betzner, Murder on "B" Deck was his first mystery, and the one that introduced his "dilettante" sleuth,...