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 Bone Woman by Paige Shelton
If I'm reading Paige Shelton's notes in her Acknowledgments correctly, The Bone Woman is the first in a new series set in a desert community in southeastern Arizona. It's not a surprise. Shelton does an excellent job creating weird small towns and unusual, independent...
Miss Wolcott’s Ghost by Louise Penny
It's been six years since I liked one of Louise Penny's books as much as I liked Miss Wolcott's Ghost. Maybe I'm too picky. All the Devil's Are Here, the 2020 release, was my favorite of her books. The new novel is filled with heart, little-known history, and the...
World News from Waverley High by Linda Kass
If you were in high school in the late '60s or early '70s, Linda Kass' novel, World News from Waverley High will resonate with you. The coming-of-age novel brings back memories with its news of Vietnam, campus unrest, racial unrest and politics. Music and books tie...