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
Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan
World War I must have been on my mind lately. It's odd that I ended up reviewing two books in a row with the shadows of the Great War. Remembering the Dead is Elizabeth J. Duncan's latest Penny Brannigan mystery, set in Wales. For the 100th anniversary of the...
The Good Cop by Peter Steiner
The Good Cop by Peter Steiner is a bleak book. It's also a very important book about truth and freedom of the press. The timely book will hit home for many readers. At the end of the war in 1918, Maximilian Wolf makes his way back home to Munich. In his sketches of...
Psychological Thriller Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away two psychological thrillers. Good luck to all the entrants! I'm going to use a little of the press release for the summary of Hank Phillippi Ryan's The Murder List because it's a tough book to summarize without giving away too much....