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
Rigged by D.P. Lyle
From what I've read, the first books in D.P. Lyle's series might have been thrillers. But, the latest "Jake Longly Thriller", Rigged, is not. It was fun, and I really enjoyed the characters. Jake reminds me a little of Archie Goodwin with his wisecracks. He...
The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis
Sometimes, reading is up and down during this Covid-19 time. (I don't even know what to call it because I'm back at work, so it's not quarantine or social isolation. Crisis?) All of that to say Krista Davis' Domestic Diva mysteries can always get me out of a slump....
the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace
I seldom read poetry, but Amanda Lovelace's newest collection, break your glass slippers (you are your own fairy tale), caught my eye at the library. So, I checked out the three books in her "women are some kind of magic) series. The princess saves herself in this...