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 “P” = Murder Mystery
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Lisa W. from Rochester, IN won the copy of Becky Masterman’s A Twist of the Knife. Rattlesnake Hill by Leslie Wheeler will go to Sally S. from Antioch, CA. The books will go out in the mail today. Today,...
What Are You Reading?
I just discovered a new mystery series that fits my interests. Cora Harrison’s Reverend Mother mysteries are set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s, not long after the Easter Rising of 1916. The series contains politics, social and cultural issues. But, at least...
Have You Heard? Killer Insight by Victoria Laurie
Today is my review deadline, which I will make, but that means I didn’t read anything else last night. So, I’m glad Sandie Herron wrote a review of the audio book of Victoria Laurie’s Killer Insight. Thank you, Sandie. Killer Insight ...