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
Off the Air by Christina Estes
Emmy Award-winning reporter Christina Estes tackles two subjects she knows in her mystery debut; TV journalism and Phoenix. Her Tony Hillerman Prize-winning debut is Off the Air. Phoenix TV reporter Jolene Garcia is always trying to top her last story and beat the...
A Deadly Walk in Devon by Nicholas George
How about a new cozy mystery series that involves walking tours set in England? Although most of Nicholas George's A Deadly Walk in Devon involves the murder investigation, the early part of the book describes the scenery and background of Exmoor in northern Devon....
The Blacklin County Files by Bill Crider & Judy Crider
Although I'm reading Bill Crider's Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries in order, I stumbled across a story collection, The Blacklin County Files. The stories in the book were published in various magazines before they were collected here. They're quick reads, with...