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

Last Night by Luanne Rice

Last Night by Luanne Rice

Although you can read Luanne Rice's Last Night without reading the previous two novels featuring Conor Reid, it doesn't hurt to have read Last Day and The Shadow Box. All three books involve artists, murder, and the resulting fallout in families. It's actually a...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

It was a much better week here, weather-wise, and I had good reading time as well. I hope you did, too! I'm finally getting around to reading a book I've wanted to read for a while, the latest Sheriff Samuel Craddock mystery by Terry Shames, Guilt Strikes at...