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 Survivors by Jane Harper
While I appreciate Jane Harper's descriptions of Evelyn Bay, a small coastal town in Tasmania, in The Survivors, I found the story extremely slow moving until the explosive drama of a grieving mother's speech. That occurred two thirds of the way through the book....
What Are You Reading?
My favorite day of the week, Thursday at Lesa's! I can't wait to see what you've all done this week and what you've been reading. I have nothing really to tell you about my week. Yesterday, I had a doctor's appointment. Then, I took myself out to breakfast,...
Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill
Fans of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express will want to travel with Sulari Gentill to discover her take on the historic train haunted by ghosts of the past in Five Found Dead. Australian twins Joe and Meredith Penvale board the train in Paris as an...