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
Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett
I think I'm getting a little tired of the escapades of Stephanie Plum-like characters. Although Kellye Garrett's second Detective By Day mystery,Hollywood Ending, is set in Hollywood, apprentice private eye Dayna Anderson and her best friend, Sienna, are a little too...
Winners and Story Collections
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Jane N. from Vashon, WA won These Honored Dead. Suzanne R. of Nashville, TN will receive A Tale of Two Murders. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two interesting collections -...
What Are You Reading?
I really only read the first two pages of this book. I'm reading mysteries again for next Wednesday's deadline. But, I started Jonathan Santlofer's memoir The Widower's Notebook. It's not going to be easy to read the story of his wife Joy's sudden death, and his...