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

Interview with Veronica Bond

Interview with Veronica Bond

Today, I'd like to thank author Julia Buckley for taking time to answer some interview questions, especially during this busy time of year. Julia Buckley also writes as Veronica Bond, and Bond has a third book out in the Dinner and a Murder mystery series, Death at...

An Apology

An Apology

Believe it or not, this is not an apology for a lack of a book review. You all know I don't read as much as usual when I'm at Mom's. Instead, this is an apology for any problems you might have had with my blog in the last few days. There were times I couldn't even...