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
Shelved Under Murder by Victoria Gilbert
Shelved Under Murder by Victoria Gilbert
Everything about Victoria Gilbert’s Blue Ridge Library mysteries says cozy mystery on the surface. But, the second one in the series, Shelved Under Murder, is darker than many cozies. And, the personal histories that affect the amateur sleuth’s family...
A Brush with Death by Ali Carter
A Brush with Death by Ali Carter
Fans of “Downton Abbey” and books involving the rich British upper-class may enjoy Ali Carter’s debut mystery, A Brush with Death. I found it a little too detailed and slow-paced for my taste, but those who enjoy all the details of English...
Countdown by Frederick Ramsay
Countdown by Frederick Ramsay
Following Frederick Ramsay’s death in 2017, Dana Stabenow polished the manuscript for his last mystery, Countdown. It’s eight years after Jesse Sutherlin’s return home to Virginia from the First World War, the story told in Copper Kettle....