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
Winners and Sharing the Blues
Winners and Sharing the Blues
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR will receive A Funeral in Mantova. An Aegean April goes to Lisa B. from Camino, CA. The books are going out in the mail today. If you check out the covers of both of this...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
It’s Thursday! Time to talk about what we’re reading. I’m reading all kinds of books, but I’m closest to finishing The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston. She’s the author of The War Bride’s Scrapbook. This one...
The Otter of Death by Betty Webb
The Otter of Death by Betty Webb
Teddy Bentley is back in the U.S. after her adventures in The Puffin of Death. And, the zookeeper is as courageous and sharp as ever in Betty Webb’s latest Gunn Zoo Mystery, The Otter of Death. (And, check out that cover. One of the cutest I’ve...