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
Winners and a couple weeks hiatus
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Murder at the Capitol will go to Robert R. from San Antonio, TX. Jeanne K. from Tallmadge, OH won In the Shadow of Vesuvius. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. I'm taking a couple weeks off from the...
What Are You Reading?
Thursday! And, if you're concerned about the Coronavirus, you should be sitting at home with plenty of time to read. I'm still working daily, so I don't have any more time. But, I did receive a gift copy today of Carousels of Paris by Kaye Wilkinson Barley...
Ranger McIntyre: The Dunraven Hoard Murders by James C. Work
I had several reasons to read James C. Work's fourth Ranger McIntyre mystery. Ranger McIntyre: The Dunraven Hoard Murders includes some background about Lord Dunraven, who owned the village of Adare, Ireland, where we stayed when we were there, so it caught my...