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
Outsider by Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder novels create more tension than most books I read. This series is one of my favorite ones, yet I have to pause while I read the books because they’re stressful. Outsider, with Kate isolated with just an Amish family...
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. Rosenthal
I may have mentioned this before. When my husband, Jim, died, my mother gave me the best advice I received. She said, “Your life will be different, but it can be just as good.” Jason B. Rosenthal came to that realization as well, that life can go on. He...
A Study in Murder by Callie Hutton
Whether you’re a fan of Victorian mysteries or atmospheric fiction set in that time period, you might want to try Callie Hutton’s A Study in Murder, the first in her new Victorian Book Club mystery series. Hutton has written bestselling historical...