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
Winners and Blood and Bones Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Charlotte W. from Covington, GA won A Curious Incident. Symphony Road will go to Kevin T. from Dallas, TX. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, the theme is blood and bones. Jess Lourey's novel,...
What Are You Reading?
Is that snow melting where you are, or are you one of the lucky people in California or other warm climates who didn't have it? I had four days off last week due to the snow, so I'm not complaining. I didn't have to drive to work in it. And, I had my first vaccine...
Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny
If you didn't catch this news yesterday, I'll share it now. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny have joined forces to write a thriller called State of Terror. I ordered it yesterday for the library. Here is the news release. News from SIMON &...