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
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
It’s Thursday! Let’s talk about books. What have you been reading in the last week? Friday’s my deadline for Library Journal for the October issue, so I’ve been reading October and November releases. There are some terrific ones...
The Truth Behind the Lie by Sara Lovestam
The Truth Behind the Lie by Sara Lovestam
Sara Lovestam’s detective story, The Truth Behind the Lie, has several unusual twists. One of them will surprise readers in the very last line of the book. Kouplan is desperate to make ends meet in Stockholm. The undocumented Iranian refugee risks everything...
Murder at Whitby Abbey by Cassandra Clark
Murder at Whitby Abbey by Cassandra Clark
As a reviewer who gets thrust into the middle of a number of mystery series, I’m getting to be an expert in whether or not readers can pick up a book if they haven’t read previous ones. Murder at Whitby Abbey is the tenth in Cassandra Clark’s...