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 Sign of Death by Callie Hutton
The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton
Callie Hutton’s The Sign of Death picks up exactly where A Study in Murder leaves off. If you haven’t read the first one, I definitely recommend it before picking up the second Victorian Book Club mystery. The characters in the humorous historical...
Ocean Prey by John Sandford
Ocean Prey by John Sandford
Here’s my overall evaluation of John Sandford’s Ocean Prey. Too much technical language involving diving and not enough Virgil Flowers. However, I loved Sandford’s Author’s Note. He talks about a couple mistakes he made about guns in several...
Recap – Random Road by Thomas Kies
Recap – Random Road by Thomas Kies
Thomas Kies’ first Geneva Chase mystery, Random Road, came out in 2017. There have been two others in the series since, and a fourth, Shadow Hill, is scheduled for release on August 10. After Sourcebooks bought Poisoned Pen Press, they’ve been...