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 Prodigal Daughter by Mette Ivie Harrison
The Prodigal Daughter by Mette Ivie Harrison
Although Mette Ivie Harrison’s fifth Linda Wallheim mystery doesn’t have much mystery to it, The Prodigal Daughter may be more realistic with a more believable ending than many mysteries. When an amateur sleuth gets involved because a story affects them...
Winners & A Bookshop in London Giveaway
Winners & A Bookshop in London Giveaway
First, no, I’m not giving away a bookshop in London. Second, congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Every Kind of Wicked is going to Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV. Julia H. from Excelsior, MN will receive The Last Passenger. The books are going...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
My friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley, refers to these days as “Thursdays at Lesa’s”. I love that. I hope you all feel as if we’re just a group of friends gathered around to talk about books, with a few tidbits of life thrown into the...