
Recent Reviews
Whiskey Business – The BOLO Books Review
A few times each publishing season, a book generates enough buzz to enter a community’s zeitgeist—that moment when it seems like everyone you know is talking about the same book. It’s rare when that happens for a self-published debut, but Adrian Andover seems to have...
The Girl in the Green Dress – The BOLO Books Review
By this stage in her career, readers have come to understand that they can count on Mariah Fredericks to always publish high quality historical crime fiction—works that demonstrate a deep knowledge of the story’s setting and time period, a rich tapestry of intriguing...
The Cut – The BOLO Books Review
After Geneva, Richard Armitage’s second novel, The Cut, shows that his literary output will be as varied as his acting choices. By expertly manipulating the dual timeline narrative, Armitage documents the long-standing effects of poor decision making. Back in 1994, in...
Recent Interviews
Heather Levy – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
Headed into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, let's squeeze in one more Composite Sketch in this 10th anniversary celebration of BOLO Books. I knew as soon as I heard the early descriptions of Heather Levy's Walking Through Needles that it would be a book I had to...
Marco Carocari – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
The Composite Sketch feature returns and the followers of BOLO Books couldn't be more excited. Today, we have a sketch from a newer member of our community. Marco Carocari is the author of Blackout, which I highly recommend for those looking to expand the diversity...
Tracy Clark – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
To help celebrate the 10 year anniversary of BOLO Books, I decided to re-launch the extremely popular Composite Sketch feature. As you may remember, these are short interviews containing five very incisive questions that are posed to members of our community -...
Recent Articles
With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying – The BOLO Books Review
Debra Goldstein is an author who can successfully write across many different tones: Light to Dark, and everything in between. My dear friend (and collaborator on the multi-award-winning short story "Ticket to Ride") Dru Ann Love and I decided to celebrate the release...
Debra H Goldstein on Writing Long and Short and Light and Dark – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: I have been friends with Debra Goldstein for years, even working "for" her when she was heading the Sister In Crime Counting Project a number of years back. So I was delighted when she asked to do a guest post here on the blog. Look for a review...
Cover Reveal – With Love, Marjorie Ann
From the Booking Desk: Marcia Talley is a fellow writer working in the DMV (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) corridor and I have been a fan since her debut, Sing It To Her Bones first appeared in 1998. Marcia Talley will be the Guest of Honor at the 37th annual Malice...