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

On the Way Home

On the Way Home

Heading home today. I've been at Mom's for ten terrific days, the longest I've visited. It was such a nice, relaxing visit. We went to see Christmas lights, and spent a lot of time with family. We also did jigsaw puzzles and watched game shows and football games....

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I hope you all had just the kind of holiday you wanted, whether it was quiet, by yourself, or filled with family. I had a little of both, time with family, and time with just my Mom when we put together jigsaw puzzles and watched game shows. For me, what was...