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
Book Towns by Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson’s charming book actually has a subtitle. The book is Book Towns: Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word. His book, with its colorful photos, is actually a travelogue for those of us who probably won’t get to Australia or France or Spain,...
Winners & a David Rosenfelt Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Fall of Angels will go to Martha C. of Scottsdale, AZ. Bonnie K. from Carmichael, CA won A Necessary Evil. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away two hardcovers by David...
What Are You Reading?
I met my deadline, and I’m reading a book for me! Unfortunately, I feel as if I missed one someplace. I’m reading Dark Rites, one of Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters books. I think I missed one because it sounds as if there was a book set in...