Recent Reviews
No. 10 Doyers Street – The BOLO Books Review
Readers have been waiting a number of years to travel back into the past with the one-and-only Radha Vatsal. Ever since she debuted with her much-loved Kitty Weeks mystery series, fans have trusted her to bring the past to life on the page while also telling gripping...
The Murder Show – The BOLO Books Review
Matt Goldman has proven himself adept at writing both series and standalone mystery novels. His latest—The Murder Show—is likely a standalone, however, it could easily serve as the launch for a new series should Goldman want to go in that direction. Ethan Harris is...
Count My Lies – The BOLO Books Review
With Count My Lies, Sophie Stava has written an unforgettable and fast-paced debut novel that is sure to be all the buzz in various corners of the crime fiction community. Sophie Stava lends her fresh voice and undeniable talent to a familiar trope: the unstable...
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...
