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
Photos of You by Tammy Robinson
Some readers may think it's not a good time to read Tammy Robinson's novel, Photos of You. And, some will say it's never a good time to read a story about a twenty-eight-year old who learns her cancer has returned, and it's terminal. Frankly, it was a beautiful...
Have You Heard? The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
Well, Lesa, you have all those books, and you're isolated, and didn't have time to write a book review? Actually, I did finish two books last evening, one for deadline, and one for here, but I spent quite a bit of time on the phone with my mother, so I haven't...
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben
Will I be expelled from the crime fiction community if I admit I had never read one of Harlan Coben's standalone novels before? There's no reason. I've always heard good things about these books, and I've read several of the Myron Bolitar books. I just hadn't read...