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.

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What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

We're having rain here. Frankly, I'll take temperatures in the 50s and rain. That means we don't have snow and ice. I am NOT a winter person, and every week we can hold off winter weather, the happier I am. I'll be late responding today, but I'll be here! It's our...

Family

Family

I had good intentions for a review today. I was planning to read Jenn McKinlay's new release, It Happened One Christmas Eve. It's the third book in her Museum of Literature series, available through Kindle or Audible. On Jungle Red Writers, Jenn calls it her "own...