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
Bones of Hilo by Eric Redman
While Eric Redman's Bones of Hilo is a police procedural, it's actually a novel that highlights the history and culture of Hawaii, and the opposition to ongoing development. All of those points can be covered in the mystery because the young, inexperienced police...
The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry
Now that I loved Connie Berry's third mystery, The Art of Betrayal, I can make an admission. While my sister and I were both impressed with her debut mystery, A Dream of Death, we both felt the second one, A Legacy of Murder, did not live up to expectations. Maybe it...
Body Zoo by J.D. Allen
I've decided there are two scenarios crime fiction writers need to get out of their system. One is harvesting of body parts. The other, a more recent theme, deals with the trafficking of young boys and girls. In the third Sin City Investigations novel, Body Zoo, J.D....