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
Winners and Give Me an “S” Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Lockdown. Lisa W. from Akron, IN will receive Columbus Noir. The books are going out in the mail tomorrow. This week, I’m giving away books by authors whose last name begins...
What Are You Reading?
Do you have plans for the July 4th weekend? I know some of you in the Pacific Northwest just have plans to try to stay cool. I’m sorry. I hope you have air conditioning. I know you don’t all have it, just as my nephew and his wife in Massachusetts...
Runner by Tracy Clark
While you could actually read Tracy Clark’s latest Chicago mystery, Runner, without having read the previous three books, you can meet her PI, Cass Raines, and Cass’ found family if you start with the first book, Broken Places. However, Runner is the...


