
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?
It's just hot. We had 101 on Tuesday, and a record high low temperature on Wednesday. That means our low temperature was 81, and the previous high low temperature was 77. The good news is we haven't had fireworks for the last two days. Not a fan. I'm reading a...
Should I Fall by Scott Shepherd
Quite often, I comment on the cover of a book, saying how attractive it is. The artwork for Scott Shepherd's fast-paced Should I Fall does nothing for the book. The cover of Shepherd's first book, The Last Commandment, was much more appealing. Shepherd wrote for TV...
Castle Deadly, Castle Deep by Veronica Bond
There's just something about Veronica Bond's Dinner and a Murder series that appeals to me. I don't know if it's the castle setting in a small town near Chicago. It might be that the actors in the Castle Dark theater provide a permanent cast of recurring...