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
One Little Secret by Cate Holahan
Cate Holahan’s standalone is usually not my type of book. One Little Secret takes three couples to the Hamptons, where they drink too much, discover too much, and the results are not pretty. On the other hand, I liked the police detective, who was not afraid...
Winners & Women of Suspense
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Myra B. of Danville, AL and Lana R. from Vermillion, SD won copies of The Shallows. Shirley W. from Victoria, TX won Game of Bones. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away...
What Are You Reading?
Everyone back from the Independence Day holiday? Are you ready to talk about what you’re reading? I’m a fourth of a way into Jenny Colgan’s latest novel, The Bookshop on the Shore. It’s set in the Scottish Highlands where Colgan took us...