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.

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What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

We've had gorgeous weather here this week, low 60s to low 80s. I wish it would continue, but it is August. And, I'm having a great week at work. For three days, I've been spending my afternoons at a virtual conference. It's a good one, one that I really enjoyed in...

The Forbidden by Heather Graham

The Forbidden by Heather Graham

Maybe one book a quarter in Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters series is too many. After reading thirty-four of them, I still find the settings and the history irresistible. In The Forbidden, Graham takes readers back to New Orleans. But, the final cemetery scene,...