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
Travellin’ Shoes by V.M. Burns
Travellin’ Shoes by V.M. Burns
V.M. Burns is the author of the Mystery Bookshop series. I enjoyed the first one. But, she really brings a community and characters to life in her first RJ Franklin mystery, Travellin’ Shoes. After a car accident, police detective RJ Franklin is on...
Peril & Prayer by Olivia Matthews
Peril & Prayer by Olivia Matthews
If you didn’t meet Sister Lou (Louise) LaSalle in the first mystery in the series, Mayhem & Mass, there’s no reason you can’t pick up the second cozy. Olivia Matthews gives enough backstory in Peril & Prayer to make it easy for a new...
Winners and A Little Humor
Winners and A Little Humor
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. The signed copies of Dorothea Benton Frank’s By Invitation Only will go to Caryn S.C. of St. Louis, MO, and Virginia D. from Tempe, AZ. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. Everyone could probably...