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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Resort to Murder
The last time Kevin Tipple reviewed a book here, he discussed The Silence of the Loons. That was the first volume of short stories by "Minnesota's Premiere Mystery Writers". Resort to Murder This volume followed The Silence of the Loons. Again, it's an older book,...
The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong
While I enjoyed Jess Armstrong's second Gothic mystery featuring Ruby Vaughn, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read her award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall. If you're interested in The Secret of the Three Fates, I'd suggest you start with...
Trouble Island by Sharon Short
I mentioned Trouble Island in December's Treasures in My Closet post. I said I picked it up because it was set on an island in Lake Erie, and my hometown is on that lake. I also knew Sharon Short also writes as Jess Montgomery As Montgomery, she writes the Kinship...