Recent Reviews
The Dark Wives – The BOLO Books Review
Ann Cleeves has written ten Vera Stanhope novels, all of which have been adapted by the Vera television series. It was announced earlier this year that the Vera television adaptations starring the one-and-only Brenda Blethyn would come to an end after the next season....
Death at the Sanatorium – The BOLO Books Review
With Death at the Sanatorium, Ragnar Jónasson continues to entertain readers with crime stories that feel both classic and contemporary simultaneously. Like last year’s Reykjavik—which he co-wrote with the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir—the mystery at...
I Dreamed of Falling – The BOLO Books Review
Julia Dahl began her writing career with an excellent and fascinating series of novels that gave crime fiction readers a glimpse into the Hasidic Jewish community in New York City (Invisible City, Run You Down, and Conviction). She followed this success with a...
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
Cover Reveal – Friend of the Devil
From the Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Josh Pachter back to the blog with the cover reveal for the latest of his "Inspired By" anthologies. This time out readers will be entertained by crime fiction inspired by the songs of The Grateful Dead. Contributors:...
Catriona McPherson on The Perfect Scottish Village – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: It's a tradition now, so I am thrilled to have Catriona McPherson here for a guest post as she continues her blog tour for the latest Dandy Gilver novel, The Witching Hour. Midsummer, St Mary Mead and now Dirleton The Witching Hour (Dandy Gilver...
Cover Reveal – First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet
From the Booking Desk: Many of you know that after years of writing exclusively short stories, Josh Pachter released his debut novel--Dutch Threat--in 2023. That book would go on to be a finalist in the Best Debut Novel category for the Agatha, Lefty, and Macavity...
