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
Vicki Delany and Crime Writers of Canada
Friend and author, Vicki Delany, is the President of Crime Writers of Canada. I'm sure most of you don't know as much about that organization as you do about Mystery Writers of America. So, Vicki agreed to an interview so we could discuss the organization. Thank...
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
I loved the unusual characters Charlaine Harris introduced in Midnight Crossroad, the first in her Midnight, Texas series. But, Day Shift is even better. This time, readers really get to know the characters, finding out who most of them really are. The...
Don’t Go Home by Carolyn Hart
By the 25th Death on Demand mystery, fans know what to expect. It's a traditional mystery set in Broward's Rock, South Carolina, and, if everything is perfect, there will be the comfort of all those mysteries in Annie Darling's bookstore. There will be lists of...


