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

Ex Libris by Michiko Kakutani

Ex Libris by Michiko Kakutani

Michiko Kakutani is the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic who is the former chief book critic for The New York Times. It's always interesting to see the titles and authors someone picks for a book such as Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread. I was pleased to see...

We Are Santa by Ron Cooper

We Are Santa by Ron Cooper

My sister, Linda, gave me We Are Santa: Portraits & Profiles for St. Nicholas Day, and then she didn't understand why I teared up reading Ron Cooper's book. Cooper is the photographer who travelled around, taking pictures of men and a woman who professionally...