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? Amanda Stevens’ The Kingdom
Somehow, I missed the review of Amanda Stevens' second audiobook in The Graveyard Queen series. Sandie Herron did review it, but for some reason I went from the first book to the third. Thanks, Sandie, for the review of the audiobook of The Kingdom. The Kingdom...
A Twist in the Tail by Leighann Dobbs
I like cats as much as anyone else. But, I can honestly say I have no idea why so many Goodreads readers raved about Leighann Dobbs' A Twist in the Tale, the first in the Oyster Cove Guesthouse series. The cats steer the investigation while Josie Waters, the...
Distractions
Lightning bugs! I turned off my TV over the weekend, and went out in the backyard and watched lightning bugs on Friday night. Or, depending where you are in the country, fireflies. For my friend Rosemary - depending where you are in the U.S., they're either fireflies...