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 Lost are the Last to Die by Larry D. Sweazy
I don't know if Larry D. Sweazy considers his Sonny Burton books to be westerns or crime novels. But, the description of frontier mystery fits these books perfectly. Sweazy returns to Sonny Burton with The Lost are the Last to Die. Sonny Burton was a Texas...
Lois Winston, Guest Author
Today, I'd like to welcome back Lois Winston, author of the Anastasia Pollack mysteries. It's been more years than either of us would like to admit (although Lois does) since she's done a post here. Lois' eighth book in the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series...
From Sea to Stormy Sea edited by Lawrence Block
I'd love to see all of the paintings that inspired From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings". Because I read an ARC, an Advanced Reader's Copy, the paintings were in black and white. I did look up some of them, but the finished copy...