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 – Dogtown: A Willie Black Mystery
It's always fun to post a review for a book that you normally wouldn't see at Lesa's Book Critiques. Thank you to Kevin Tipple for his review of Howard Owen's Dogtown. I have long been a fan of the Willie Black series that started with Oregon Hill. Published in...
Winners and January Crime Fiction Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Tom M. from Laurel, MD won Hide. Dianne C. from Elk Grove Village, IL will receive All the Dangerous Things. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away January releases, a couple new...
What Are You Reading?
OK, we don't talk politics here, but it's not even American politics. I just wanted Rosemary to know that I was stunned when Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's leader, resigned. That's it. Rosemary probably saw it coming. But, I read a couple articles about her...