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
Dark and Deadly Be the Whispers by Heather Graham
If you've never seen her, that's author Heather Graham on the cover of her Krewe of Hunters novella, Dark and Deadly Be the Whispers. Like other recent novellas, this one takes place on a holiday weekend, Labor Day. Graham sends Jackson Crow and his wife and...
What Are You Reading?
My favorite day of the week, Thursday. It's been a quiet week here, great weather and time to read. What about you? What did you do this week? What are you reading? Most of Madeline Martin's novels are set during World War II. I loved The Last Bookshop in London....
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
I'm a little late in picking up Catherine Newman's Sandwich. It's one of the four choices for Saturday's book chat at my local library. It was worth the wait for this story of one woman in the sandwich generation. But, Rocky, who worries about everyone in her life,...