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
The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen
Gregg Olsen has been obsessed with the story of Ida Stutzman for close to forty years. In his book, Abandoned Prayers, he wrote about Ida's husband, Eli, the tragic death of their nine-year-old son, Danny, and the events that surrounded Eli and the discovery of...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to our first "What Are You Reading?" of 2024! If you haven't been here before, it's a safe place to talk about whatever book you're reading, or what you've read int he last week. Feel free to join the conversation, and I'll do better this year (promise!) as...
Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ Favorites of 2023
Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a Shamus, Derringer, and International Thriller Writers-award nominated mystery author of eleven books with more in the works. He's based here in the Columbus area. Although we had corresponded, I only met Andrew for the first time when I...