by Kristopher | Nov 29, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Cindy Callaghan is the Agatha-Award-Winning author of the most delightful middle grade novels – one series of which is now a hit Amazon television show as well. I have had the pleasure of meeting Cindy at the Malice Domestic Mystery...
by Kristopher | Nov 26, 2019 | Review
From the Booking Desk: I read so many wonderful books in 2019 that crafting a Top Reads list was especially challenging. As I have always done, I took this task very seriously and really struggled to make sure the list commemorates my favorite books of the year....
by Kristopher | Nov 25, 2019 | Review
From The Booking Desk: I have been so busy with New England Crime Bake, a Maine vacation, some scheduled speaking engagements, fighting off a cold, and holiday prep that end of year reviews are piling up. I’ve decided to do a post today collecting a number of...
by Kristopher | Nov 22, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: We are quickly approaching 150 of these profile sketches and I have always said that I am literally surprised by something in every single one of them. Suffice to say, today’s profile holds the record for the most surprises in one...
by Kristopher | Nov 19, 2019 | Review
“…sometimes when you look down at the surface of a pond, all you can see is your own reflection, not the depth of what’s on the other side.”...
by Kristopher | Nov 15, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Gwen Florio is a wonderful writer, a fierce advocate for the crime fiction community, and has been a long-time supporter of BOLO Books. We were chatting off-line about something recently when I was inspired to offer her a slot here on the...
by Kristopher | Nov 8, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: For years, Robb Cadigan and I would meet up occasionally at crime fiction conventions or local area book signings and those chats were always highlights of those events, so when I heard that he was actually going to accomplish his dream of...
by Kristopher | Nov 5, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: There is a wide variety of books being released today, including the list below that should have something for everyone. Lisa Jewell – The Family Upstairs (Atria, Hardcover, $27.00, 11/05/2019) BOLO Books Comments: The Family Upstairs is an...
by Kristopher | Nov 4, 2019 | Guest Posts
From the Booking Desk: I’ve been a fan of the cover designs for the Dandy Gilver books for a long time, so when Catriona McPherson asked to stop by BOLO Books for the release of the next in the series, I said yes – and asked for something about the cover...
by Kristopher | Nov 1, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Richard Ryan has been a fan and supporter of BOLO Books for a number of years now. He often reaches out to tell me how much he enjoyed a review or a recommendation from the blog. I have covered his series of Sherlock Holmes pastiches here on the...
