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
Broken Places by Tracy Clark
Broken Places by Tracy Clark
Tracy Clark’s debut mystery, Broken Places, is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Her story of a tough African-American cop turned private investigator reminds me of one of the legendary detectives in modern mysteries, Sue...
Dark Rites by Heather Graham
Dark Rites by Heather Graham
Although there are a few people who appear in all of Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters novels, some of the books are almost standalones, while others are in sets featuring some of the same characters. Dark Rites follows up on Dying Breath, and, in...
A Shocking Assassination by Cora Harrison
A Shocking Assassination by Cora Harrison
Cora Harrison’s Reverend Mother series is my favorite series discovery this year. I’m addicted to these mysteries set in the 1920s in Cork, Ireland, a city still torn by violence and politics.A Shocking Assassination puts Reverend Mother Aquinas right...