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
Pale as Death by Heather Graham
I can always count on Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters books to allow me to escape. Pale as Death, with its connection to a mysterious historical murder, is a fascinating romantic suspense novel. When Detective Sophie Manning and her partner Grant Vining...
Six Cats a Slayin’ by Miranda James
I tried to hold off. I really did. But, it’s so hard to wait until after Halloween to read books set at Christmas when they’re showing up in the mail. It was impossible to resist the cover of Miranda James’ latest Cat in the Stacks...
Winners and a “Fall” in a Cozy Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Copies of Die Me a River are going to Jana B. of Tigard, OR, Sue F. from Crosslake, MN and Lisa G. of Pensacola Beach, FL. The copies of Last Call are going to Daniel M. of Weymouth, MA, Jim G. from Prescott,...