
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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb's sixtieth "In Death" novel, Bonded in Death, is due out on Feb. 4. That makes it perfect timing to share Kevin Tipple's review of the fifty-third in the series, Forgotten in Death. Thank you, Kevin. It is late May 2061 as Forgotten in Death: An Eve...
Glen Davis’ Favorites of 2024
Thank you, Glen, for sending us your list of favorite books read in 2024. I look forward to your comments every Thursday because I always find something to smile at in your pithy remarks. Thanks for sharing this list with us. This year, for whatever reason, I...
What Are You Reading?
How are you doing this week? I hope the fires stayed away, Mark. I hope the rest of you are staying warm. It was 6 degrees here when I got up yesterday morning. Six degrees! That's way too cold for this warm weather person. I left the house twice this week, and...