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
Have You Heard? Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
This time, Sandie Herron beat me to a book. Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams is a new release, and my copy of the book is probably in a box at the library. Or, at least I'm on the holds list at the library when we reopen. But, Sandie listened to it as an...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday, and it's time to talk about what we're reading (or trying to read) this week, whethermwe're working from home, going into a workplace, or working at home as you always do. Even if you're retired, I know you're working everyday at home. So, what are...
The Knife Slipped by Erle Stanley Gardner, writing as A.A. Fair
What do you read when you can't concentrate? How about a forgotten classic? I'll admit my definition of a classic may be different, but I find that an unpublished Cool and Lam mystery qualifies. The background for Erle Stanley Gardner's The Knife...