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
What Waits for You by Joseph Schneider
I really liked Joseph Schneider’s debut crime novel, One Day You’ll Burn. It was a little grittier than the books I normally read, but I liked LAPD Homicide Detective Tully Jarsdel. The sophomore effort, though, What Waits for You, was an effort to...
Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton
I thought Laura McHugh’s The Wolf Wants In was a dark, grim book. Chris Harding Thornton’s debut, Pickard County Atlas, has that beat. The story, set in north-central Nebraska, has a foreboding atmosphere, and one of the most disturbing endings...
Bloodline by Jess Lourey
Jess Lourey takes readers back to Lilydale, Minnesota, the setting of Unspeakable Things in Bloodline, a creepy novel that reminded me of a combination of The Stepford Wives and Rosemary’s Baby. Horror fans might want to pick up this one. When reporter Joan...