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
Much Ado About Nauticaling by Gabby Allan
This time, when I say Gabby Allan "launches" a new series, it's an appropriate word. Much Ado About Nauticaling is the first Whit and Whiskers mystery, and it's set on Catalina Island off the coast of southern California. There's something refreshing about this cozy...
A Fiancée’s Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Frances Wynn, the Countess of Harleigh, learned how a society marriage works in Victorian England before her first husband died in his lover's bed. Frances' fiancé, George Hazelton, loves and admires her. But, the fourth book in Dianne Freeman's series, A FIANCÉE'S...
Dianne Freeman, An Author Interview
Although I've read and reviewed Dianne Freeman's historical mysteries featuring Frances Wynn, the Countess of Harleigh, I've never interviewed Dianne before. Tomorrow, I review her fourth mystery in the series, A FIANCÉE'S GUIDE TO FIRST WIVES AND MURDER. Thank you,...