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
Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett
If a health spa sounds like an unlikely spot for Mrs. Pargeter, you're right. But, the kindly widow agrees to accompany a friend, Kim Thurrock, to Brotherton Hall health spa for a few days. In fact, Mrs. P and Mrs. Thurrock have something in common. They both had...
What Are You Reading?
Slow week so I had time to catch up with some reading. I love a week like that. It precedes a busy one with a dentist appointment and a musical. Linda and I are going to see "Kimberly Akimbo". I wasn't really familiar with the show, although it did win five Tony...
Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney
I haven't read any of the books in Elizabeth Penney's other cozy series, including the Cambridge Bookshop or Mysteries of Blackberry Valley. But, the first Ravensea Castle mystery, Bodies and Battlements, is one of the best cozy mysteries I've read in a while....