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
The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain by C.M. Wendelboe
A month ago, I reviewed a frontier mystery set during the 1920s in Rocky Mountain National Park. C.M. Wendelboe's The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain is a compelling, violent story for all of us who love the works of Craig Johnson and Margaret Cole....
Katharine Schellman, Author Interview
I don't always have a book trailer to share for a debut novelist. Since The Body in the Garden is one of my favorite books of the year so far, I'm please to share it. I'm even more pleased that I had the opportunity to interview Katharine Schellman. Thank you,...
The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman
Crushed. I was just crushed when I went to review Katharine Schellman's debut mystery for a mystery column, and someone else had been assigned to the book. They better write a good review, because I loved this debut, and I'm looking forward to the next one. But, in...