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 Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman
The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman
Crushed. I was just crushed when I went to review Katharine Schellman’s debut mystery for a mystery column, and someone else had been assigned to the book. They better write a good review, because I loved this debut, and I’m looking forward to the next...
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
I’ve admitted that I hadn’t been able to read much lately. Even the previous book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, An Offer from a Gentleman, didn’t entice me. I’ve never been found of the Cinderella trope, except for Rodgers...
A Star is Dead by Elaine Viets
A Star is Dead by Elaine Viets
I had never heard of a death investigator before reading Elaine Viets’ latest Angela Richman, Death Investigator mystery. According to the web site, Coroner Talk, “The role of the medicolegal death investigator is to investigate any death that falls...