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
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
Let’s celebrate Thursday! It’s my Friday this week. I’m off tomorrow. I have #AskaLibrarian on Twitter at 11 AM. And, I’m going to talk books with all of you. I can’t wait to see what you’re reading. I’m reading a funny...
The Plot is Murder by V.M. Burns
The Plot is Murder by V.M. Burns
I’m reading the second is V.M. Burns’ Mystery Bookshop series, Read Herring Hunt. The third book is out, and I realized I never even posted my review of the first book. I was impressed with The Plot is Murder. Mystery readers, like me, who want to...
A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth
A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth
The third Sheriff Hank Worth mystery has one of the most heartbreaking openings I’ve ever read. Once I read the first chapter of A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth, I was hooked. I love police procedurals. When the police are as invested in the case as Hank...