Recent Reviews
Quant – The BOLO Books Review
Twenty-three years after introducing readers to his iconic queer private eye, Anthony Bidulka returns to his fan-favorite series with Quant. Readers first met Russell Quant in the series debut, Amuse Bouche, in 2003—a time when queer crime fiction was flourishing...
The Silent Appeal – The BOLO Books Review
Janice Hallett released her debut novel, The Appeal, in 2021 to almost instant acclaim. Her unique style of telling the story solely through emails, newspaper clippings, and digital communications between characters quickly made the book a fan favorite—and eventually...
The Dying Light – The BOLO Books Review
With The Dying Light, Ann Cleeves invites readers back to North Devon—a coastline community in Southwestern England—for a visit with popular protagonist, Matthew Venn and the individuals who make up his sphere of influence. Like many crime fiction writers before her,...
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
Catriona McPherson on House Hunting – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: It's a long-standing tradition to have Catriona McPherson guest post on BOLO Books with the release of each new novel. She is her with us today to celebrate the launch of The Dead Room, a suspense novel that pays homage to Agatha Christie's...
Catriona McPherson on Citizenship – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: It's always a wonderful day when Catriona McPherson visits BOLO Books. My blog is a regular stop on her marketing efforts for each book, but what makes them so special is the level of thought and work that goes into each of these posts. So many...
Cover Reveal – On Fire and Under Water
From the Booking Desk: BOLO Books is honored to host the cover reveal for a new anthology from Rock and a Hard Place Press. Edited by my friend Curtis Ippolito and featuring new short stories from fifteen authors at various stages of their careers, On Fire and Under...
