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
Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks
Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks' mysteries featuring lady's maid Jane Prescott are rich in the cultural issues of New York during 1910-1913. At the same time, they're engrossing mysteries with an observant young woman familiar with several social classes. In Death of an...
Have You Heard? Tess Gerritsen’s The Shape of Night
Have You Heard? Tess Gerritsen’s The Shape of Night
I'm sorry. I was too busy to finish a book for today. That's one reason I'm happy Sandie Herron sent this review of an audiobook, Tess Gerritsen's The Shape of Night. Thank you, Sandie. The Shape of Night ...
Sheila Connolly, RIP
Sheila Connolly, RIP
Sheila Connolly died on April 20 in her beloved Ireland, where she moved last year. I've reviewed all kinds of her books here on the blog, beginning with One Bad Apple back in 2008. She wrote the Orchard mysteries, the Museum mysteries. the County Cork ones, the...