by Kristopher | Oct 1, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: I took a short break from these Monday Morning posts before, during, and after Bouchercon – but this week we are back! And this might just be the most diverse list of crime fiction titles in one Monday BOLO post yet. There is literally...
by Kristopher | May 14, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: I am settling back in to my routine here, now that all the excitement and festivities related to the Raven Award are complete. I am a bit behind on my reviews, so expect an influx of those in the coming weeks. But meanwhile, these are the books...
by Kristopher | Mar 15, 2018 | Review
Towards the end of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods, the Witch sings the lines “Careful the things you say, children will listen.” This is advice that Asako Adachi, the mother at the center of Kanae Minato’s Edgar Award-nominated novel Penance, should have...
by Kristopher | Mar 13, 2018 | Review
The Hate U Give is Angie Thomas’ Edgar Award-nominated debut and it also happens to be one of the most important young adult novels of all time. Of course, this praise could be hyperbolic, but the significance of works that make tangible the social problems of the day...
by Kristopher | Sep 6, 2017 | Review
Like the legacy bestowed by the Texas Blues music forming its backbone, the tragedy at the core of Attica Locke’s Bluebird, Bluebird is worthy of no less than Shakespeare himself. Told in lyrical prose at an unremitting yet leisurely pace, this novel marks the...
