
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 a Give Me a V Giveaway
Winners and a Give Me a V Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Both winners have been told their books won't go out in the mail until early next week when it's a little warmer and some of the snow in parking lots have melted. Linda K. from Woodstock, MD won The Body in the...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
I know those of you in California are okay. I hope the rest of you are safe and warm in the midst of snow and ice, electrical outages and even tornadoes. It hasn't been an easy week and a half. Our library was closed for two days last week because of ice. We've...