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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – At What Cost: A Detective Penley Mystery by James L’Etoile
I'm still catching up on my reading from my visit to my Mom. Thanks to Kevin Tipple, I'm sharing a review of an older title, At What Cost: A Detective Penley Mystery by James L'Etoile. A serial killer is active in At What Cost: A Detective Penley Mystery by James...
Framed in Death by J.D. Robb
Although Framed in Death by J.D. Robb can be read without having read previous books in the "In Death" series, there are minor storyline continuations from previous books. It certainly makes the story more enjoyable if readers have followed the characters and the...
October Treasures in My Closet
Witches and Christmas books are the popular topics for October book releases. It's quite a list this time. But, as my sister Christie suggested, you might also want to go back and read the September Treasures post to place holds at your library....