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
Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima
Although I had heard of Margaret Mizushima's previous books in the Timber Creek K-9 mystery series, I hadn't read any of them. Burning Ridge, the fourth book, is an excellent introduction, even for those of us who haven't read the earlier ones. Deputy Mattie Cobb...
Humor in the Giveaways
This week, I'm giving away two mysteries with humor. David Handler's humor is witty while Donna Andrews is broader. Keep that in mind when you enter the contests. Writer Stewart Hoag is back in David Handler's latest Hoagy and Lulu mystery, The Man Who Couldn't Miss....
What Are You Reading?
It's National Read a Book Day! For this Thursday group, every day is National Read a Book Day, isn't it? What are you reading today? I'm going to start a book at the airport while I'm waiting to fly to St. Petersburg for Bouchercon. I can tell you two of the books I...