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 didn’t mean to leave everyone hanging when I said I do a book chat at a women’s homeless shelter. This started out as something three of us did from the library, and we go once a month. We were originally going to lead book discussions, but that...

Nothing

Nothing

I have nothing to review for today. I think I’m caught up on Sandie Herron’s reviews. And, once every few months, a couple of us go to Ruth’s House, a homeless shelter and do book chats. Last evening was my night, so I didn’t have time to...