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
Dead People Suck by Laurie Kilmartin
Dead People Suck by Laurie Kilmartin
I’ll admit Laurie Kilmartin’s nonfiction book, Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the Newly Departed, isn’t for everyone. In fact, I don’t know that I would recommend the comedian’s book to “survivors of the newly...
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch continues to add diverse and interesting characters to the books in his Rivers of London urban fantasy series. The Hanging Tree is the sixth book, and it brings Police Constable Peter Grant back to London for discoveries of more magic running...
Seven Dead by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Seven Dead by J. Jefferson Farjeon
J. Jefferson Farjeon’s Seven Dead is another British Library Crime Classic. The book was originally published in 1939, and it’s now reprinted. It’s published in the United States by Poisoned Pen Press, and both the British and American editions...