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
Crooks by Lou Berney
Lou Berney has won various crime fiction awards for his novels The Long and Faraway Gone, November Road, Dark Ride and Double Barrel Bluff. Those books have nothing in common except the author, his imagination, and his skill in telling an engrossing story. Now, he...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Lonesome Place for Murder by Nolan Chase
Well, I blew that. I fully intended to have one of my reviews here today, and I finished a book. However, when I finished it, I discovered the book isn't released until October 7. I don't mind posting a review slightly before release day, but a month early is too...
The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
I certainly haven't read all of Agatha Christie's work, but, in all of the books I've read, my favorite character remains Harley Quin, featured in her collection of short stories, The Mysterious Mr. Quin. Each story in the edition I read is introduced by the title...