BOLO – Week of June 10, 2018

From The Booking Desk: It’s an embarrassment of riches this week. Along with my favorite book of the year so far, there are two other must reads being released. I love weeks like this one!  Get thee to the bookstore immediately....

Clair Lamb – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: I first met Clair Lamb through her work with one of my all-time favorite authors, John Connolly. Eventually, when she relocated to the Washington DC area, Clair and I began to run into each other at various book-related events in and around our...

David Brown – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: David Brown is a Deputy Director of Publicity at Atria Books, a division of Simon and Schuster. He also happens to be one of the early champions of my BOLO Books blog. He has been responsible for publicity campaigns for the likes of John...

Triple Time with Crime and Diversity

We often hear talk of how crime fiction is the social novel of today. Many of the problems faced by society are reflected back to us through the books we read. However, diversity issues still plague this genre. Things are getting better and there are more...

BOLO – PARKER: A Miscellany

From the Booking Desk: If you don’t know how much of a John Connolly fan I am, than you haven’t been paying enough attention. Today, John’s latest newsletter went out to his followers and it included some amazing news. Now available is PARKER: A...