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
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
“Killing someone is easy. hiding the body, now, that’s usually the hard part.” It’s even harder to keep that killing a secret when The Thursday Murder Club takes an interest. In his funny, sometimes poignant debut mystery, Richard Osman...
Wild City by Thomas Hynes
Wild City by Thomas Hynes
You know how many virtual book and author events there are right now. I never would have discovered Thomas Hynes’ Wild City if I hadn’t watched an event put on by the library marketing team, Library Love Fest from HarperCollins. The book is subtitled...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, RIP
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, RIP
There is nothing I can say today that is more important than may Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rest in peace. She gave so much of herself for justice, for women, for civil rights. Here is Linda Greenhouse’s obituary in The New York Times....