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

At Any Cost by Jeffrey Siger

At Any Cost by Jeffrey Siger

Once again, Jeffrey Siger taps into the world's politics in order to scare us to death. I'll admit, I find some of the metaverse discussions tedious in At Any Cost. My eyes glazed over. But, the ending was as fast-paced and engrossing as always. And, of course,...

Why We Read by Shannon Reed

Why We Read by Shannon Reed

Sometimes, I just don't understand blurbs, although I'll admit the one from George Saunders did make me more interested in Shannon Reed's Why We Read. He said, "A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading." While I found the book interesting, the...