
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?
While weather here is delightful right now, sunny and in the 70s, the world is a mess. We all need to take a break from the news to talk about books. I'm just starting to read SJ Bennett's second book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series. Here in the...
Murder at the Porte de Versailles by Cara Black
Murder at the Porte de Versailles marks Cara Black's twentieth book in the Aimee Leduc Investigations series. If you haven't read the series, Aimee Leduc owns a detective agency that specializes in computer security in Paris, France. Now that she is the mother of a...
April Treasures in My Closet
Are you ready for April book releases? If we're lucky, it will actually be spring weather, and we can enjoy these books with sunshine. I am so ready! Let's dive right into the April Treasures in My Closet. Don't forget to let me know what books you're anticipating....