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 2025 Dagger Awards
I know some of us have not been impressed by crime fiction awards given out in the U.S. in the last few years. So, I'm sharing the CWA (British Crime Writers Association) Awards that were presented recently. Thanks to The Rap Sheet for the list. KAA Gold Dagger:The...
Rage by Linda Castillo
Tuesday is release day for Linda Castillo's latest Kate Burkholder mystery, Rage. I'll be honest. I didn't find this one near as disturbing and violent as her last one, The Burning. Although the victims were young, naive Amish, I was more upset when I read the last...
A Novel Murder by E.C. Nevin
It's obvious that the author of A Novel Murder, a debut mystery, knows her way around the publishing industry and literary festivals. This isn't a cozy mystery, but it's a traditional one with likable characters. And, uncovering characters and their truth is what...