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
Lights! Camera! Puzzles! by Parnell Hall
I don’t usually read Parnell Hall’s Puzzle Lady mysteries, but I’m always attracted to books set in New York City. Cora Felton, The Puzzle Lady, is featured in this one, while her niece, Sherry Carter, really has just a small supporting role. Cora...
The Hidden Corpse by Debra Sennefelder
Last March, I reviewed Debra Sennefelder’s first Food Blogger mystery, The Uninvited Corpse. http://bit.ly/2JsXEtx. I said it was a promising start, with an amateur sleuth with an unusual career as a food blogger. I was very enthusiastic about the...
Winners and Food a la Death
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Ashley C. from Knoxville, TN won Dark Streets Cold Suburbs, and Charlotte W. of Covington, GA will receive Lies Come Easy. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, there’s food and humor in both...