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
Date with Malice by Julia Chapman
I'll date myself by saying the duo in this book will remind you of "Moonlighting". Julia Chapman's Date with Malice, the second in a series, is a suspenseful, humorous mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales community of Bruncliffe. You might not want to pack up as quickly...
Hard Aground by Brendan DuBois
While Hard Aground is Brendan DuBois' eleventh Lewis Cole mystery, it's the first I've read. And, I wish I had read more of them about this intriguing character. While the back jacket mentions "Rear Window", I can think of a couple books that have similar...
May Treasures in My Closet
I know it's Easter Sunday, but there's a full box of May releases to talk about. And, the review schedule is so full of April books, that we have to do this today or there's no time in the schedule. So, catch up when you can, but I have quite a list for you. I'm a fan...