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

December Treasures in My Closet

December Treasures in My Closet

Since I've been at my Mom's for two weeks, and I'm going home tomorrow, I had to put this post together early. So, I certainly may have missed some books that I normally would include in my Treasures in My Closet post. Let me know what December releases I missed,...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

It's been a fun week with family. And, I'll be in and out today since my cousin and aunt are coming to visit, and we'll all go out to lunch. Yesterday, my nephew and his wife stopped to visit with their six-day-old baby son, Mom's fifth great-grandchild. Tuesday...