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 Lonely Man” by Ann Cleeves
I'm getting ready to read Ann Cleeves' new book, The Killing Stones, due out at the end of the month. It's a Jimmy Perez book, the lead detective in Cleeves' Shetland series. So, for me, it was perfect timing to read her short story, "The Lonely Man". It brought me...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to "Thursdays with Lesa", otherwise known as "What Are You Reading?", the day we all get to talk about what we've been doing, and what we've been reading. I'm going to miss this warm weather in a few months. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the 70s and 80s....
Best Paranormal – A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke
I was excited to read Olivia Blacke's mystery, A New Lease on Death. It just won the Anthony Award for Best Paranormal Mystery. It was okay, but it didn't work for me as a "Best" mystery. Cordelia Graves died a few months ago. The police called her death a suicide,...