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

One Day Off

One Day Off

This is Josh after I just spent two days reading and reviewing books to meet my deadline. He's tired of the computer, unless he can curl up on it and purr because he's between me and the laptop. Now, that you've seen him for today, you can see why I'm skipping any...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

It's Thursday! It's also less than two weeks until Christmas, so I don't know if you're reading, or shopping, or spending time with family. I know Rosemary probably won't be joining us today since she has a full schedule, but she said she'd read everyone's posts...