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 Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare
I'm reading a nonfiction book, a novel, and just starting a mystery right now. And, yet I read four historical romances over the weekend. So, I'm going to talk about Tessa Dare's three books, although the fourth in the series, The Bride Bet, won't be out until August....
Have You Heard? Brewed Awakening by Cleo Coyle
I just didn't have time to read Cleo Coyle's latest Coffeehouse Mystery, Brewed Awakening, so I'm glad Sandie Herron listened to it. She can share her impressions of the audio book. Thank you, Sandie! Brewed Awakening ...
Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O’Connor
If I hadn't read Carlene O'Connor's short story, "Christmas Cocoa Murder", I might have felt a little overwhelmed diving into the fifth book in her Irish Village Mystery series. That's really because Siobhan O'Sullivan is one of six siblings who run Naomi's Bistro,...