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 in Castle Dark by Veronica Bond
Another reader commented that they weren't sure Veronica Bond could sustain a series with the Dinner and a Murder Mystery theme. I'm not sure either, but I found the first in the series, Death in Castle Dark, to be a fun, engaging book with a charming amateur sleuth....
Caroline Todd, RIP
Yesterday, author Charles Todd announced the death of his mother, Caroline Todd. Caroline was the other half of the mother-son writing team who wrote the Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford mysteries. Here was Charles Todd's announcement on Facebook. "It is with a heavy...
Summer by the Sea by Jenny Hale
Sometimes, a summer romance works beautifully as a palate cleanser. Jenny Hale writes romantic women's fiction. Summer by the Sea might work for readers who are missing Dorothea Benton Frank. Hale takes readers on a nostalgic visit to the Outer Banks of North Carolina...