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
The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery
The Summer of Sunshine & Margot by Susan Mallery
Looking for charming characters with a backstory that’s a little different? I read for character first. If I don’t like the characters, I don’t go on with the book. That’s why I’m not a fan of some of the biggest crime novels of the...
The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle
The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle
I don’t read spy or espionage novels. But, Kate Carlisle expertly manipulates her readers to enjoy a story of spies, suspects and murders in the latest Bibliophile mystery, The Book Supremacy. It’s a treat to enter into a world of agents with...
The Mausoleum by David Mark
The Mausoleum by David Mark
David Mark’s standalone thriller, The Mausoleum, is a difficult book to discuss. The flap doesn’t do it justice, but to reveal too much more will give away the story. At the same time, it was also a difficult book to read, told in alternating chapters...