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 & No Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Katherine H. from Rhinelander, WI won The Alchemist’s Illusion. The Loch Ness Papers will go to Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV. The books are going out in the mail today. I’m not kicking off a contest...
What Are You Reading?
Today, I’m here to actually participate in What Are You Reading? I hope you have books to talk about this week. I”m reading Leslie Budewitz’ fourth Spice Shop mystery, Chai Another Day. It’s been three years since the last book in the...
Interview with Author J.A. Kazimer
At the end of last year, when I learned Midnight Ink was folding, I offered to interview their published authors on my blog. J.A. Kazimer’s mystery, A Shot of Murder, will be released June 8. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. As a librarian, I...