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?
It's Thursday! Time to look back at the week, talk about the weather, what we've been doing, and what we've been reading. We had some glorious weather in the high 60s, followed by rain, and the temperatures are going to fall again. But, it is only March. I'm...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box
Thanks to my sister and brother-in-law, I found quite a car dealership for regular maintenance of my CRV. My sister and I went yesterday before running other errands. Free popcorn. Fresh-baked cookies. Free beverages in all the machines. And, even the customers...
Murder at the College Library by Con Lehane
Con Lehane's amateur sleuth, Raymond Ambler, crime fiction curator at New York City's 42nd Street Library, steps out of his comfort zone in the latest in the series, Murder at the College Library. There's nothing gentle about academic politics, and when Ambler...