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 Summoning by Heather Graham
The Summoning by Heather Graham
If you follow my blog long enough, you’ll discover I’m crazy about Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters series. Every book involves ghosts, most of them helpful, a romance, mystery, and history of a beautiful city.The Summoning takes one of those...
Sconed to Death by Lynn Cahoon
Sconed to Death by Lynn Cahoon
It seems as if I missed a relevant murder or two because I picked up the fifth Cat Latimer mystery by Lynn Cahoon. But, I still enjoyed Sconed to Death, the story of an author and amateur sleuth who runs writers’ retreats from her Colorado...
Winners and NO CONTEST
Winners and NO CONTEST
Congratulations to the winners of the latest contests. Antiques Ravin’ is going to Deanna S. from Lexington, KY. Jana B. from Vancouver, WA won The Bad Break. The books are going out in the mail today. There’s no contest this week. I’m going to be...