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
The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
I’ve read the second, and now the third Lady Sherlock mystery by Sherry Thomas. I’m afraid I’m just not the right audience for these books, although I’m a big fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories and some of the pastiches. I found...
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
If you read my blog on Thursday, you might have read Ron Charles’ Washington Post review of this book. https://wapo.st/2IOE7zI. It was funny. But, I read Mitch Albom’s The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. It’s really directed at the same...
Dig Your Grave by Steven Cooper
Dig Your Grave by Steven Cooper
Darn. Once again, I discovered a series with the second book. You can start with Steven Cooper’s Dig Your Grave, but if you like the Arizona setting and the characters, Gus Mills and Alex Parker, as much as I did, you’ll wish you had started with Desert...