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?
It’s Thursday! Time to talk books (although I’m always willing to talk books). What are you reading today? By the time this posts on Thursday, I’ll have read about fifty pages in Dean James’ tenth Cat in the Stacks Mystery series. Six Cats A...
David Carlson, Guest Blogger
David Carlson, Guest Blogger
Today, David Carlson is my guest blogger and author. He’s the author of three mysteries featuring Christopher Worthy, a Detroit police detective, and Father Nicholas Fortis, a Greek Orthodox monk. I reviewed his second book in the series, Let the Dead Bury...
The Rain Watcher by Tatiana De Rosnay
The Rain Watcher by Tatiana De Rosnay
I hate to repeat the words that appear on an ARC (Advanced Reader’s Copy). But, Tatiana De Rosnay’s latest novel, The Rain Watcher, truly is heartbreaking. It’s an emotional book about one family, caught up in their own secrets at a time of...