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 Knife Slipped by Erle Stanley Gardner, writing as A.A. Fair
The Knife Slipped by Erle Stanley Gardner, writing as A.A. Fair
What do you read when you can’t concentrate? How about a forgotten classic? I’ll admit my definition of a classic may be different, but I find that an unpublished Cool and Lam mystery qualifies. The background for Erle Stanley Gardner’s The...
Edith Maxwell / Maddie Day, Guest Author
Edith Maxwell / Maddie Day, Guest Author
As promised, Edith Maxwell, who also writes as Maddie Day, is our guest author. Her latest book, Murder at the Taffy Shop, is soon to be released. It’s a tough time for all of us, authors included. Thank you, Edith, for taking the time to write for us....
Distractions
Distractions
I just couldn’t get into a book this weekend. How about you? Are you finding something that is a distraction? I am reading a book, and I’ll have a review on Wednesday of Rebecca Serle’s latest novel In Five Years. It’s about a woman who...