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
Sunday Reading Corner
Some of you have missed the book chats featuring the mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime. Or, maybe you just miss the book chats featuring Jinx. I can’t help with the fact that Berkley is now doing just a few paperback mysteries a month. But, I can still do...
Sibanda and the Black Sparrowhawk by C.M. Elliott
I’ll admit C.M. Elliott’s third Sibanda mystery may not be easy to find in libraries. The publisher is a South African press. But, the setting is so unusual, Zimbabwe, that I wanted to introduce Sibanda and the Black Sparrowhawk. Detective...
Winners & Food Mysteries
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Jackie B. from Waxhaw, NC won A Reckoning in the Back Country. The Long Arm of the Law is going to John B. from Grass Valley, CA. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I have a couple cozy...