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
Murder at the Queen’s Old Castle by Cora Harrison
When nothing seems to suit for reading, it's time to turn to a favorite series, a favorite country and its history. Cora Harrison's Murder at the Queen's Old Castle is a couple years old, but I never got around to reading this Reverend Mother mystery set in Cork,...
What Are You Reading?
For me, the question this week should be, how many books are you reading as you try to find one you'll finish? Actually, I finished one, but it's for Library Journal, and it wasn't quite up to the previous books, so I won't mention it. I did tear through three...
The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain by C.M. Wendelboe
A month ago, I reviewed a frontier mystery set during the 1920s in Rocky Mountain National Park. C.M. Wendelboe's The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain is a compelling, violent story for all of us who love the works of Craig Johnson and Margaret Cole....