Cover Reveal – Poetic Justice
From the Booking Desk: Everyone knows how supportive I have been of Agora and their mission to bring more diversity to the crime fiction genre. It is my hope that with the world in crisis, people are realizing just how interconnected we all are, how we are all just...
Reece Hirsch – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Few writers can merge the worlds of technology and crime as skillfully as Reece Hirsch. While entertaining readers for hours, he also manages to educate the public on the risk inherent when society becomes increasingly dependent on high-tech...
Cover Reveal – The Beat of Black Wings
From the Booking Desk: As you can imagine, I get asked to do a fair number of cover reveals. I try to be accommodating, but it's not always possible for me to say yes. But when Josh Pachter asked if I would be willing to do the cover reveal for the new anthology he...
Cover Reveal – Revenge of the Widow Malmon
There are so many people in our crime fiction community that do so much for us all. When those people reach out to me asking if I can help with something, the answer is always YES. Case in point, The Malmons - Dan and Kate. They visited the blog when Killing Malmon...
APB – Winter 2020
Time for another entry in this incredibly popular feature here at BOLO Books – The APB (All Points Bulletin).As always, competition for these slots was tough. Which books are generating that elusive buzz in the publishing industry? Which are books that I personally...
Cover Reveal – THE SWAMP KILLERS
From the Booking Desk: I was a huge fan of The Night of the Flood, the first novel-in-stories edited by E. A. Aymar and Sarah M. Chen. At every event I attended for that book, the question was always asked: "would you do another collaboration of this type?" Well,...
Cover Reveal – The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense
From the Booking Desk: The crime fiction short story could not ask for a better ambassador than Art Taylor. This is a writer who has won multiple awards - including the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Derringer - and who still gives back to his community in so...
Gale Massey – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: The beauty of conventions like Bouchercon and Malice Domestic is that it allows readers to be introduced to new writers - some of the start of their careers, others further in. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Gale Massey at the St....
BOLO – Week of November 3, 2019
From the Booking Desk: There is a wide variety of books being released today, including the list below that should have something for everyone. Lisa Jewell – The Family Upstairs (Atria, Hardcover, $27.00, 11/05/2019) BOLO Books Comments: The Family Upstairs is an...
Cover Reveal – Matthew Henson and the Ice Temple of Harlem
From the Booking Desk: When Chantelle Aimée Osman reached out to see if BOLO Books would be interested in hosting the cover reveal for a new novel coming from Agora, I was immediately on-board. I feel so passionate about the commitment to diversity that is the core...