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 Ice Maiden by Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridan departs from her Mirabelle Bevins mysteries with The Ice Maiden, called "A historical adventure with a paranormal twist". Are you ready for that historical adventure in Antarctica in the 19th century? In 1842, Karina, a widow, is stranded on Deception...
Kitchen Yarns by Ann Hood
Ah, Ann Hood. I know she's written other books, and I've read other ones, but I identified with her memoir/essay collection Morningstar: Growing Up with Books. Now, she has given us a memoir about another essential part of her life. Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love,...
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
I want to be like Helene Tursten's character Maud when I'm eighty-eight years old. So, that's a warning if any of you remember that in twenty-seven years. Tursten's Detective Inspector Irene Huss makes two brief appearances in the story collection, An Elderly...