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
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
I've admitted that I hadn't been able to read much lately. Even the previous book in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series, An Offer from a Gentleman, didn't entice me. I've never been found of the Cinderella trope, except for Rodgers and Hammerstein. But, Romancing...
A Star is Dead by Elaine Viets
I had never heard of a death investigator before reading Elaine Viets' latest Angela Richman, Death Investigator mystery. According to the web site, Coroner Talk, "The role of the medicolegal death investigator is to investigate any death that falls under the...
Suzanne Chazin, Guest Author
Suzanne Chazin is our guest author today. I'm grateful that she was able to find a subject in these difficult times when it's not easy to concentrate. I'm going to let her introduce herself before her post because I enjoyed her biography. Thank you, Suzanne, for...