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
Winners and A Female Sleuths Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. All three copies of Katherine Hall Page's The Body in the Wake are heading south. Winners are Anna M. from Atlanta, GA, Lisa G. of Pensacola Beach, FL, and Kristina A. from Dunedin, FL. The books are going out in...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I feel as if I'm still catching my breath after New York City, and then the trip to Ohio for a family wedding. It's always fun to spend time with family. Of course, that means I didn't get any reading done other than books I'm reading on deadline. Of...
Have You Heard? Alice Kimberly’s The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
Sandie Herron is reviewing one of my long-time favorite series, Alice Kimberly's Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure is the first in the series. Today, Sandie reviews the audiobook. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure ...