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
Have You Heard? Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
Have You Heard? Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
I’m just starting one book, and reading and writing reviews for Library Journal, so it’s time to pick up an audiobook review from Sandie Herron. She’s been on a roll with William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor mysteries. Today, she talks...
You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne
You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne
Beginning with Covid-19, I needed a break, so I’ve been reading historical romances set in England. I stumbled across Lisa Berne’s debut romance from 2017, the first in her Penhallow Dynasty series. You May Kiss the Bride, unfortunately, will...
A Beachside Giveaway
A Beachside Giveaway
Well, we’ll try again. Look at the covers of these books. Does anything say beach more than these two books? A Call for Kelp is the fourth book in Bree Baker’s Seaside Cafe mystery series. There’s no reason you can’t read this if you...