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
Revenge Prey by John Sandford
I was late coming to the Prey novels by John Sandford. My late husband loved to read them. I'll admit I'm a bigger fan of Virgil Flowers than of Lucas Davenport, but the thirty-sixth Davenport novel, Revenge Prey, is a non-stop thriller. Davenport and another...
the Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
Although there were times Meg Shaffer's The Book Witch felt like a young adult novel, she had me with her dedication. "Dedicated to...the librarians, booksellers, and teachers fighting the good fight to save our stories. And to all the world's bedtime story...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Diversion by Cindy Goyette
I'm working my way through a stack of books and egalleys, but sometimes life just gets in the way, including Easter dinner and an electricity outage. So today I'm sharing Kevin Tipple's review of Diversion by Cindy Goyette. Thank you, Kevin! Diversion: A Probation...