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
October Treasures in My Closet
Perhaps the only people wishing 2020 wasn't over are the authors who have forthcoming books. I hate to see what this year has done to hard-working authors. Here are just some of them with books scheduled for release in October. You never know. Release dates seem very...
One for the Books by Jenn McKinlay
Jenn McKinlay's eleventh Library Lover's Mystery, One for the Books, is definitely one for her long-time readers. Those of us who have been following the series are ready for Library Director Lindsey Norris and Captain Mike "Sully" Sullivan to tie the knot. But, of...
The House on Widows Hill by Simon R. Green
There's just something about Simon R. Green's Ishmael Jones mysteries that appeals to me. Green's mysteries are as close to horror as I get. The House on Widows Hill, the ninth in the series, is a combination of mystery, aliens, murder, and the unknown. Green has...