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 Lost Carousel of Provence by Juliet Blackwell
The Lost Carousel of Provence by Juliet Blackwell
Juliet Blackwell’s third novel set in France takes readers to Provence in a story that spans more than a century, and a story that spans so much heartbreak. Can an American who never had a family find the way to reunite a bitter, broken man with the family...
Fade to Black by Heather Graham
Fade to Black by Heather Graham
This time, I have in my possession all three books in Heather Graham’s latest Krewe of Hunters trilogy. This series features three brothers, Bryan, Bruce, and Brodie McFadden, and the women they grow to love in the course of a paranormal crime...
The Negotiator by Brendan DuBois
The Negotiator by Brendan DuBois
Loved this book. Loved the main character, the unnamed narrator. There. That’s out of the way. Brendan Dubois’ character, The Negotiator, reminded me a little of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. The book also reminded me a little of one of my...