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
What Are You Reading?
I get my usually positive attitude from my Mom. I was complaining to her yesterday that we're supposed to have rain every day until next Thursday. She said we're lucky. We aren't dealing with fires or floods. She's right. (Mom's almost always right.) And, the rain we...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – River of Lies by James L’Etoile
I'm just starting a library book, the first in the Jake Jackson series by Stig Abell. Did one of our Thursday readers mention Death Under a Little Sky? It's atmospheric, and I'm liking it so far. But, I've only read twenty-eight pages, so I'm turning today's blog over...
Murder on the Books by T.C. LoTempio
I'm going to kick off my review of T.C. LoTempio's Murder on the Books by quoting an author, Kim Hays. "The plot sounds quintessentially cozy: heroine’s return to hometown, meet-up with childhood friend, decision opening a shop. Cue cat and descriptions of baked...


