
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
raymond Chandler’s Trouble is My Business
I never read Raymond Chandler's story, "Trouble is My Business", so I'm glad Arvind Ethan David put together a team for a graphic novel of the story. There are a few people who contributed to the graphic novel. Author Ben Winters wrote the Foreword, talking about...
Nightshade by Michael Connelly
Catalina Island is where the Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. sends officers who screwed up on the mainland. Sergeant Stilwell's job is to supervise the limited staff who patrol the island. Their normal job is to deal with drunken tourists on the weekends. Beginning...
Missed It – The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans
I'm halfway through Michael Connelly's Nightshade, which I'm enjoying, but I'm mad I missed my galley of Mary Anna Evans' The Dark Library. I've known Mary Anna for twenty-two years, and I was looking forward to reading the galley through NetGalley. But, I went to...