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
The Second Goodbye by Patricia Smiley
Repeat after me, “I wish I had read the first book in the series, but you don’t have to do that to read this book.” It’s become a mantra. Sometimes, you just can’t start at the beginning. Detective Davie Richards is the featured...
Sandie’s Corner – Audible’s Best of 2018
Because Sandie Herron listens to audio books, and I don’t, she’s the one who caught the announcement that Audible named their Best of 2018. I do know that Audible is owned by Amazon, but these titles may be of interest. I know this was popular last...
Christmas Carols
Today, I’m going to channel the spirit of my sister-at-heart, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. I think I loved her before I ever met her because I appreciated the honesty of her rants on DorothyL. I have one of my own today. And, because Christmas carols involve words...

