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 Heirloomist by Shana Novak

The Heirloomist by Shana Novak

Shana Novak's The Heirloomist: 100 Treasures and the Stories They Tell will make you think. Is there something you or your family treasures that tells a story, the story of your family? Each item pictured in this book is special to the person who owns it. Novak...

Winners and a Favorite Author

Winners and a Favorite Author

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Sharon B. from Albuquerque, NM won The Dark Wives. Dianne C. of Elk Grove Village, IL will receive Death of a Master Chef. The books will go out in the next couple days. This week, I'm giving away two copies of a...