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
Killer in the Carriage House by Sheila Connolly
Although Kate Hamilton, the amateur sleuth in Killer in the Carriage House, comes across as distracted, I was wondering if the author, Sheila Connolly, was distracted when she wrote this latest mystery. I know I had an ARC, so I won’t mention errors I found...
The Shameless by Ace Atkins
Ace Atkins’ ninth Quinn Colson novel needs to come with a label, “Warning. To Be Continued…” If there was ever a book with a cliffhanger ending, it’s The Shameless. Twenty years ago, a fifteen-year-old boy, Brandon Taylor, went missing...
Winners and a PI Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Milwaukee Noir is going to Ed H. from Arroyo Grande, CA. Lisa G. of Pensacola Beach, FL and Melody M. from Wayne, PA each won a copy of Breaking the Dance. The books will go out in the mail today. This week,...