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 Cozy Foodie Giveaway
Winners and A Cozy Foodie Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The Knife Slipped is going to Glen D. of Yuba City, CA. Carl S. from Lukeville, AZ won After She Wrote Him. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I”m giving away two cozy mysteries involving...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
First, how are you doing this week? That’s the important question. The next is, of course, what are you reading? I’m reading the second Movie Palace mystery by Margaret Dumas, Murder in the Balcony. I didn’t realize the second and the third were...
Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth by Jay Stringer
Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth by Jay Stringer
There’s just something about Jay Stringer’s fast-paced Marah Chase adventures that appeal to me. If you enjoyed Saturday morning serials or movie adventures, you can pick up just where Stringer’s Marah Chase and the Conqueror’s...