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
Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain
This is the blurb on the back cover of Suzanne Allain's Regency romance, Mr. Malcolm's List.: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arrogant bachelor insistent on a wife who meets the strictest of requirements...deserves his comeuppance." But, does he? There...
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
"History doesn't record the intricacies of women's relationships with one another; they're not to be uncovered." Sarah Penner's debut, a historical novel, The Lost Apothecary, reveals traces of the secrets women share. It also indicates that women keep secrets even...
The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett
Although I've talked about SJ Bennett's debut adult novel, The Windsor Knot, for months now, I hadn't reviewed it. It's almost release date, and time to reveal this charming book, hopefully the first in a series, Her Majesty the Queen Investigates. Bennett introduces...