Recent Reviews
Still Catching Up – Another Collection of Reviews
From The Booking Desk: You may be seeing countless lists of favorite 2019 books (including BOLO Books' own Top Reads of 2019 rundown), but there are still reviews from the year I haven't yet been able to post. Here are three more for newly released books that are all...
Top Reads of 2019 According to BOLO Books
From the Booking Desk: I read so many wonderful books in 2019 that crafting a Top Reads list was especially challenging. As I have always done, I took this task very seriously and really struggled to make sure the list commemorates my favorite books of the year....
Catching Up – A Collection of Reviews
From The Booking Desk: I have been so busy with New England Crime Bake, a Maine vacation, some scheduled speaking engagements, fighting off a cold, and holiday prep that end of year reviews are piling up. I've decided to do a post today collecting a number of reviews...
Recent Interviews
Honored to be an Advocate – Kristopher Zgorski
From the Booking Desk: In case you haven't been following along, the wonderful publishing blog - The Thrill Begins - has recently launched a series of posts highlighting some folks the regular bloggers there consider to be important advocates within our crime writing...
Patti Abbott – The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Patricia Abbott here to BOLO Books today to discuss her new short story collection: I Bring Sorrow and Other Stories of Transgression. The book is available now and you all are going to want to experience these stories...
Alafair Burke – The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: Hopefully, at this point you have already pre-ordered Alafair Burke's new book, The Wife. Critical praise of this novel has been very strong and I even called it "an instant classic," so it should be no surprise that I invited Alafair here to...
Recent Articles
Leslie Budewitz – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: The crime writing community is like a big family - sometimes dysfunctional, as all families are - but there are always those members that stand out (and stand up.) Leslie Budewitz is one of those community members that everybody knows and no one...
Cindy Callaghan – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Cindy Callaghan is the Agatha-Award-Winning author of the most delightful middle grade novels - one series of which is now a hit Amazon television show as well. I have had the pleasure of meeting Cindy at the Malice Domestic Mystery Convention...
Anjili Babbar – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: We are quickly approaching 150 of these profile sketches and I have always said that I am literally surprised by something in every single one of them. Suffice to say, today's profile holds the record for the most surprises in one Composite...
About
Welcome to BOLO Books. The blog name comes from the common police acronym meaning “be on the look out.” (or “be on the lookout” – depending on your source). This is especially appropriate in this case, as this blog will focus on books in the mystery and thriller genre. Crime fiction is my passion and I want to share that with you.
