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
Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
What do you say about a novel that combines horror, mystery, Southern charm, and a coming-of-age story? Lindy Ryan's Bless Your Heart is about four strong women in the Evans family who run a funeral parlor in their Southeast Texas hometown. But, they're caretakers...
Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen
If you like historical mysteries, especially those inspired by real people, check out Katie Tietjen's solid debut, Death in the Details. Without spoilers, I can say it's inspired by the real-life mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee. Tietjen's amateur...
Cold to the Touch by Kerri Hakoda
This is one of the few police procedurals that I've read that is so much better than the publisher's description. Kerri Hakoda's Cold to the Touch is an outstanding procedural in which all the departments work well together, and the supervisor is not a jerk. Set in...