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?

Thursday! My favorite day of the week! No matter how I'm feeling, I love to talk with all of you about what you're doing and what you're reading. I needed a down week, and I've had a couple quiet days. Went to my brother-in-law's for dinner last night. He makes the...

Down for the Count

Down for the Count

I drove home from my Mom's today, which takes some of my energy. So, I didn't blog yesterday, and there isn't one for today. I'll work on Wednesday's. I'm sorry, but I didn't have energy, and I know Kevin is down for the count, maybe for the week. I'll be back...