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
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 is in this...
A Justified Murder by Jude Deveraux
If you enjoyed the characters and their playful relationship in Jude Deveraux's first Medlar mystery, A Willing Murder, then you may want to pick up A Justified Murder. The "Medlar trio" is in fine form in this second book. It's the cleaning woman who calls Sheriff...
Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit by Patricia Marcantonio
I wish you had all read Patricia Marcantonio's historical mystery, Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit. I want to talk about it with someone who finished it! Although it's set in Victorian England, at the time of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Felicity reminds...