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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Silence of the Loons
While I was reading a story collection by some of Britain's foremost mystery authors, Kevin Tipple shared a collection by "Minnesota's Premiere Mystery Writers", The Silence of the Loons. The book came out quite a while ago, so it's about time we talked about it....
Craig Johnson at The Poisoned Pen
Most of you know I'm the blogger for The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona. I write my blog,, which is totally different from the blog I write for The Pen. And, they have over 200 authors visit the bookstore every year, both in person and virtually. So,...
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday! And, while you're all still reading, next week we're going to do What Are You Reading? on Wednesday. Some of us will be traveling, others cooking, and others just busy on Thursday. I'm sure I'll be around in the morning, so if you happen to forget...