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
Company’s Coming!
I'm on a different deadline this week. My Mom and sisters are arriving on Wednesday, and Thursday is the first of the month. That means I'm cleaning and getting the place ready. (Linda doesn't really want to sleep in a bed full of books, I'm sure.) At the same...
Turbulence by David Szalay
I guess I expected more out of David Szalay's novel, Turbulence. The summary statement, and the best part of the book, actually came from John F. Kennedy. "For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all...
The Seekers by Heather Graham
Heather Graham moves from Savannah to Pennsylvania in her latest series within the Krewe of Hunters series. Several characters from The Summoning return in The Seekers, one of the creepier books in this series. A young actor, Carl Brentwood, recently bought...