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
To Conjure a Killer by Clea Simon
I felt a little melancholy in reviewing Clea Simon's fourth Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery, To Conjure a Killer. Sandie Herron reviewed the third one, A Cat on the Case, a couple years ago. Sandie should have been here to review the latest one. Becca Colwin works...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Obey All Laws by Cindy Goyette
Today, I could have reviewed the second Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery by Bill Crider, but I'm going to save that for later in the week. Kevin Tipple sent me a review of the first in a new series by Cindy Goyette, an author I hadn't heard of. I thought I'd share his...
Too Late to Die by Bill Crider
For some reason, I chose to go back and start Bill Crider's Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series from the beginning. I read scattered ones in the later series. Too Late to Die introduces Rhodes, the Sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, and the quirky cast at the jail,...