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 – Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets
I have a full week of my own reviews coming up, but wanted to share Kevin Tipple's review of Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets by Christopher Farnsworth. It's the latest book in the Jesse Stone series. Thank you, Kevin. Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets: A Jesse...
Kaye Wilkinson Barley’s Favorites of 2024
We have several authors who participated in Favorite Books read in 2024, including Kim Hays, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, short story author Kevin Tipple. Kaye Wilkinson Barley is also an author. She's the author of Carousels of Paris, Whimsey, and My Name is Harley....
What Are You Reading?
I had a busy week with lots of appointments - car, doctor, dentist. And, now I'm settled in just in case we get bad weather this weekend. What about you? What have you been doing? How's your weather? And, before we jump into books today, just a reminder to stop...