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

The Big Chili by Julia Buckley

The Big Chili by Julia Buckley

Julia Buckley launches her new series, The Big Chili, with a model cozy mystery. The comment "Murder held a whole town hostage to uncertainty and fear" exemplifies the spirit of the small town mystery in which the balance of the town is thrown off, and the amateur...

Bouchercon

Bouchercon

I'm off to Bouchercon in Raleigh, leaving today. Full travel day, though. I don't get in until late this afternoon. And, rooming with my long-time online friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley, who I finally get to meet! So, I'm not sure how often, or when, I'll be online....