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
Winners & A Couple Male Investigators
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Dial A for Aunties is going to Leeza S. from Highland Park, IL.Jane W. from Scottsville, VA won It Takes Two to Mango. The books are going out in the mail today. I don’t seem to have mysteries that share...
What Are You Reading?
Well, how has your week been? I’m waiting to see if everyone in my department at work has to have a COVID test. One of my staff members was exposed, and the family member who tested positive had the vaccine. Everyone in my department has had the vaccine, but...
Fallen by Linda Castillo
If Linda Castillo has ever had a weak Kate Burkholder novel, Fallen isn’t it. From the first time Burkholder, police chief in Painters Mill, Ohio, sees the victim’s body, this case strikes a little too close to home. Like Kate, Rachael Schwartz left the...