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
Where Have You Gone Without Me? by Peter Bonventre
Peter Bonventre is a long-time journalist with a career in sportswriting and entertainment. He co-authored Howard Cosell's I Never Played the Game. You might want to know the author's background before picking up Where Have You Gone Without Me? It's set in New York...
Winners and Historical Mysteries
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Barbara D. from Pawtucket, RI won Last Seen Wearing. Cruel as the Grave goes to Kathy S. from Alba, TX. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I"m giving away two historical mysteries. Charles Finch...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to Thursday! Time to check in as to how you're doing. And, then, time to talk about what we're reading. Anyone who has followed the blog this week can tell I'm on deadline. But, I can tell you the book I'm going to start tonight is Deanna Raybourn's sixth...