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

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I'm writing this at 3:30 PM on Wednesday. Linda and I went to "Hamilton" on Wednesday night. I'll tell you what I think on a note on Friday. I am looking forward to it. I did forget, though, that I have a morning appointment today. I have to be there at 8:45, and...

Errands, Errands, Errands

Errands, Errands, Errands

I had two days of errands. Fortunately, one of them yesterday was to the library. I picked up a first mystery by a romance writer, what they're calling a ro-mystery. We'll see. It might be too sweet for me. I'll let you know on Thursday when we talk about what...