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
Winners & A Dog & Cats Giveaway
Winners & A Dog & Cats Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Linda M. from Franklin, PA won Shelved Under Murder. Sara G. of Granite City, IL will receive Hitting the Books. The books went out in the mail yesterday. I have one more week with an unusual schedule, so the time...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
At the time I’m writing this, I’m halfway through Mitch Albom’s latest novel, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. It’s the sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven, who are the five people who have lessons to teach you when you arrive....
A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper
A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper
When most of us see the subtitle to Bradley Harper’s debut mystery, A Knife in the Fog, we’ll have a question. Who is Margaret Harkness? The subtitle is “A Mystery Featuring Margaret Harkness & Arthur Conan Doyle”. Margaret Harkness was...