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
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
Are you like me, and need some escape reading this week? I’ve been off to Australia and Paris with Charlotte Nash’s novel The Paris Wedding. Just after her mother’s death, a woman who willingly gave up her college education, her boyfriend,...
Cara Black’s Interview
Cara Black’s Interview
Yesterday, I posted an interview with Cara Black on Poisoned Pen’s blog. Today, I’m going to link to that site, and suggest you check it out. Cara is the author of the Aimee Leduc Investigations. Her latest book is Murder on the Left Bank. The pictures...
The Patchwork Bride by Sandra Dallas
The Patchwork Bride by Sandra Dallas
Over the course of fifteen books, Sandra Dallas has placed women’s relationships and quilting at the heart of her novels. Historically, quilting was a way for women to gather and tell their stories. In The Patchwork Bride, quilting is the tool a...