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 Cyclist by Tim Sullivan
I am in love with DS George Cross, not as a person, but as a character in a police procedural. I have the feeling he would be an exasperating person in real life, and very difficult to work with. But, his partner, DS Josie Ottey is making progress in Tim Sullivan's...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Three Strikes – You’re Dead
Once again, it's Monday and I'm halfway through two books and neither is ready for review yet. Thanks, as always, to Kevin Tipple for his review of a story collection, Three Strikes - You're Dead. After an interesting introduction by SJ Rozan that points out the...
The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by Barbara O’Neal
I hadn't read one of Barbara O'Neal's novels in a few years. Thanks to Kaye Wilkinson Barley for mentioning that The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth was coming out, and that she loved it. I've been a fan of O'Neal's for over fifteen years. Veronica Barrington is at...