
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
Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong
It took me forever to get through Kelley Armstrong's fourth Rip Through Time novel, Death at a Highland Wedding. I think I had the same problem I have with other series at times. Armstrong took her four sleuths out of Edinburgh, and sent them to the Highlands, away...
Mrs. Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett
I haven't forgotten that I'm reading Bill Crider's Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, but Simon Brett's Mrs. Pargeter books are coming in faster through the library system. And, after just reading Emily Sullivan's A Death on Corfu, it came as a surprise that Mrs....
Down for the Count
I know there are a few of you who can relate. I have some health problems, and once in a while they just knock me down for a day or two. I spent most of yesterday sleeping. That means I didn't finish the book I'm reading. I hope to finish it today, and have a...