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

Gone Reading

Gone Reading

If ever there was an image of my summer days as a kid, that’s it. Yes, I spent lots of time outside with my sisters, but I also spent entire days on my bed reading enormous books. I read three Wizard of Oz books in one day. I had such a headache at the end of...

Movieland by Lee Goldberg

Movieland by Lee Goldberg

Lee Goldberg’s fourth Eve Ronin mystery, Movieland, is fast-paced and riveting. While Ronin is still the focus, it’s her partner, Detective Duncan Pavone, who goes rogue this time. What can the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department do when Duncan is...

Winners and Off to England

Winners and Off to England

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. The copies of The Satapur Moonstone will go to Linda M. from Portland, OR and Becky B. from Washington, D.C. One Italian Summer is going to Julia H. from Excelsior, MN. The books are going out in the mail today....