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

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

It's been an interesting reading week. I started the week by cramming three books in in two days so I could get them read and reviewed. Then, I spent Monday and Tuesday night cramming in the politics of the Democratic National Convention. By Wednesday morning, I...

The Gatekeeper by James Byrne

The Gatekeeper by James Byrne

I was lucky enough to read James Byrne's forthcoming book, Chain Reaction, the third in the Dez Limerick series of thrillers. That book will be released January 28. In the meantime, I went back and picked up The Gatekeeper. I still have the second, Deadlock, to...