
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
Presence, Not Presents
Covid-19 has not made this a normal Christmas for any of us. Some of us are alone, and we'd rather be with family, but we're trying to keep everyone safe. Some of us have presents for family members that never arrived. They were ordered in plenty of time, but...
What Are You Reading?
Are you ready for Jolabokaflod? That's the Icelandic book flood. Every Christmas Eve the Icelandic people celebrate with a new book on Christmas Eve, tucked up with a cup of hot cocoa and maybe some chocolates. I'm all set! I have new books, cocoa and chocolates...
Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past by Traci Wilton
I don't really know what more I wanted from this series. One of the blog readers said they were dissatisfied with Traci Wilton's latest mystery, Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past. I have to say, I agree. And, as much as I like the premise of a ghost...