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 Witching Hours by Heather Graham
I’m a big fan of Heather Graham’s long-running Krewe of Hunters series. Now, she’s doing a slight spinoff with the first in a new series, The Witching Hours. Because Jackson Crow, head of the FBI’s Krewe is establishing a new unit, the new...
Lindy Gomm’s Favorite Books of 2025
Thanks to Lindy Gomm for sharing her favorite books read during 2025. I hope you’re excited about reading this last list. I always seem to add a book or two to my TBR pile after reading Lindy’s Thursday posts. Thank you Lindy! Here are my ten favourite...
What Are You Reading?
All kinds of tidbits to give you today. First, Lindy Gomm is up tomorrow for our last post for Favorite Books Read in 2025. I hope you stop by the blog to check out LIndy’s list. She usually has a book or two every week to add to my TBR pile. Since...


