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

No Post Today

No Post Today

Good morning! I'm flying back from Phoenix today after a late night at the Left Coast Crime banquet. So no post today. I have a terrific guest blogger tomorrow. And I'll have more LCC pictures this week.

Arizona & Left Coast Crime 2016

Arizona & Left Coast Crime 2016

Well, the first three days here were wonderful, and then on Friday, something I ate attacked me. So, I only left the hotel room when I went to CVS. That's OK. I wouldn't trade the first days. I had dinner with my friend, Anna, on Tuesday night. Anna worked with me...