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
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
As a reader, I find nothing more satisfying than an outstanding debut novel that's going to be part of a series. Evie Dunmore's historical romance, Bringing Down the Duke, has me eagerly awaiting the next in the League of Extraordinary Women series. Victorian...
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
Bess Kalb, an Emmy-nominated writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! turns to a beautiful, sometimes moving, story of her relationship with her grandmother, Bobby Bell, in Nobody Will Tell You This But Me. She compiles records of their phone calls, stories told by other...
Have You Heard? The Prophet by Amanda Stevens
It's time for me to turn to Sandie Herron for another review for Have You Heard? The Prophet is book three in The Graveyard Queen series. Maybe some of you are looking for an audiobook to listen to right now. Check it out. Thank you, Sandie. The Prophet Written by...