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 Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
"Light kills dark." Nora Roberts concludes her Lost Brides trilogy with The Seven Rings, the unforgettable story set in Poole's Bay, Maine in a manor haunted for two hundred years by a mad witch who covets the house Arthur Poole built for his family and descendants....
Constituent Service by John Scalzi
Whoever did the cover art for John Scalzi's Constituent Service did a wonderful job illustrating the various species that are in the book. I'm grateful for Jeff Meyerson who mentioned this amusing novella by Scalzi. Of course, his books always have serious undertones,...
The Perp Wore Pumpkin ed. by J. Alan Hartman
"A bad meal is a misdemeanor but going to bed hungry is the biggest crime of all." Although this humorous crime anthology was published in 2023, the cause it supports has been even more vital this year when food has been uncertain for so many people. According to...