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
Jeff Meyerson’s Favorites of 2024
Thank you, Jeff, for taking time to put together your list of Favorite Books read in 2024 before you took off for Florida. I always look forward to your list. I'm starting with non-fiction, which has several of my favorites. Each list is chronological by when...
What Are You Reading?
I was looking forward to today. I want to hear how Lindy and Mark are doing, and anyone else who wants to talk about it. The weather hasn't been quite as bad here, and I ran all kinds of errands yesterday, including to the library, of course. I picked up Vivien...
Head Cases by John McMahon
It's a good week for thriller readers with the release of James Byrne's Chain Reaction, Andrew Welsh-Huggins' The Mailman, and John McMahon's Head Cases. McMahon might be known to some readers as the award-nominated author of the P.T. Marsh thrillers, including The...