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
City of Immortals by Carolyn Campbell
Most people don’t say they’re ready to go to Paris because of a cemetery. I didn’t feel as if I spent enough time at Montparnasse Cemetery when I was in Paris, so Carolyn Campbell’s book made me ready to go back. She has a unique view of...
Have You Heard? William Kent Krueger’s This Tender Land
While I reviewed William Kent Krueger’s This Tender Land back in September (http://bit.ly/2jZZJ4k), it’s always nice to have a different take on a book. And, of course, Sandie Herron is reviewing the audiobook with Scott Brick as the narrator. That...
A Hodgepodge
I have several topics to cover today, so it’s a hodgepodge. First, here are the winners of the last contest on the blog, also the last contest until January. Mary F. from Towson, MD won the copy of Silent Night, Deadly Night. Judith C. from White Bluff, TN...