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
Winners & a Couple Weeks Break
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Suzanne S. from Athens, GA won Death of an Author. Jana B. from Smyrna, TN will receive Diva. The books are going out in the mail on Friday. There will be no no giveaway again until Friday, April 19. I have a full...
What Are You Reading?
Well, this has been a crazy week. Lots of rain. We were lucky we didn't get the tornadoes or even the warnings that hit elsewhere in the Midwest. We did have lots of thunder and lightning. But, in between, there was also a lot of food at my sister and...
Home Fires by Claire Booth
Claire Booth's sixth Sheriff Hank Worth mystery, Home Fires, is the best in the series, combining police procedural in a small community and a cold case. But, it's the teamwork and humanity that stands out. Booth's book does not resemble the mysteries by Bill...