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
Cincinnati – Day 1
This may be the most spread out description of a 3 day trip ever. My Mom and sisters and I went to Cincinnati for three days last week. As always, we crammed a lot into 3 days, even a tornado warning. We left my sister's and drove to the William Howard Taft...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Northwoods: A Novel by Amy Pease
I'd love to share some of the photos and my account of our family trip to Cincinnati. It was a fun trip. But, my sister sent me some pictures I want to use, and I'm not technologically savvy with the photos, so I'm working on it. Whenever I get them ready, I'll...
Blood Red Summer by Eryk Pruitt
In the sequel to Something Bad Wrong, true crime podcaster Jess Keeler learns what can go wrong when you lose control of everything, the story you want to tell, and even your family life. Blood Red Summer is the story of the events of the summer of 1984 in Lake...