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
Elaine Viets, Guest Author – A Reboot
Elaine Viets, Guest Author – A Reboot
The Dead-End Jobs Re-release By Elaine Viets I can’t believe it’s been 15 years since Shop till You Drop, my first Dead-End Job mystery, was published. I can’t believe all the jobs...
The Magic Chair Murder by Diane Janes
The Magic Chair Murder by Diane Janes
There are a lot of creepy people in Diane Janes’ The Magic Chair Murder. Who would guess that the mystery, set in the 1920s in England, would revolve around the author of children’s poems and stories? The Robert Barnaby Society is having a conference....
A Funeral in Mantova by David P. Wagner
A Funeral in Mantova by David P. Wagner
If David P. Wagner’s A Funeral in Mantova doesn’t make you yearn for a trip to Italy to eat authentic Italian food, I think there’s something wrong with you. I know that’s not the purpose of Wagner’s latest Rick Montoya Italian...