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
Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs
If Aubrey Hamilton hadn't reviewed George Bellairs' Death in Isolation on her blog last week, I never would have discovered Bellairs and his Inspector Littlejohn mysteries. I read the third book in that series, Death of a Busybody. It's not always easy to find...
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl takes readers along on her journey to Paris in 1983. Food, fashion, and art are so essential to this book that it's a treat for the senses as a reluctant visitor to the city discovers it. When Stella's mother died, she was surprised to receive any...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – John Sandford’s Toxic Prey
At the moment, I am so caught up in Ruth Reichl's book, The Paris Novel, that I hadn't looked at my blog all day until after 8 PM. I'm loving this book! Some of you have already read it, but I'll review it on Monday. In the meantime, I'm sneaking in one of Kevin...