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

Hero by Thomas Perry

Hero by Thomas Perry

I was eager to read Thomas Perry's Hero, a standalone thriller featuring a cat and mouse game as a killer hunts a private security agent. With no character development, though, it was just an ordinary cat and mouse chase for over three hundred pages. Justine Poole...

A Peek Ahead

A Peek Ahead

I'm not running a contest this week. After my move, I really don't have a lot of books to give away. I did want to congratulate the winners of the last contest. Mark B. from Santa Clarita, CA won Murder Out of Character. Rental Person Who Does Nothing is going to...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I think most of us have had extremely cold weather this week. I went to the grocery store today when it was 9 degrees because I don't want to go later this week. We're supposed to have two to four inches of snow by Friday. My Mom said their prediction is for up to...