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
August Treasures in My Closet
August Treasures in My Closet
I don’t believe there was a summer in 2020. I’m writing about August book releases already. I believe 2020 is just a worldwide “Twilight Zone” episode. Everything since March has been a blur, and I don’t really remember doing anything...
The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell
The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell
A Ghostly Light, the last Haunted Home Renovation Mystery, came out in 2017. However, Juliet Blackwell’s fans have nothing to worry about. The author hasn’t lost her touch. In fact, Mel Turner, “ghost-talking psychic home renovator” only...
The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton
The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton
When Margaret Mizushima and Paula Munier blurb a book, it’s natural to expect a mystery featuring a dog. You’d be right with The Finders, Jeffrey B. Burton’s action-packed series debut. It’s an intense, sometimes graphic, novel about a...