by Kristopher | Sep 15, 2016 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Today is the official start of Bouchercon 2016 in New Orleans. If you are attending, please don’t forget to stop by and see us at our panel: THURSDAY, 12:00PM-12:50PM Mardi Gras ABC ALL THE CRITICS LOVE YOU IN NEW YORK – discussing books...
by Kristopher | Sep 14, 2016 | Review
Over the years, many crime fiction works have been inspired by the case of James Patrick Bulger – the British two-year-old who was brutally tortured and killed by two ten-year-old boys in the early 1990’s. Authors such as Laura Lippman (with Every Secret Thing), Alex...
by Kristopher | Sep 13, 2016 | Interview
From The Booking Desk: I am pleased to welcome Trace Conger to BOLO Books today. Trace’s new novel, The Prison Guard’s Son, is out now and he’s with us today to tell us a bit more about the inspiration for this novel. Fans of true crime will want to...
by Kristopher | Sep 9, 2016 | Review
Over the course of eleven novels, Louise Penny has amassed a legion of fans who anxiously await the release of a new Inspector Gamache novel each year. This year’s entry, A Great Reckoning, is one of the best in a series that has already reached great heights in terms...
by Kristopher | Sep 8, 2016 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Besides the things that are listed on the official Bouchercon schedule (which can be found here), there are always other happenings before and during the convention. Many of these events are invitation only, but there are a fair amount of things...
by Kristopher | Sep 7, 2016 | Review
(This is the third and final in a series looking at the work of Bouchercon 2016 Guests of Honor.) With Huntress Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff has used her background in screenwriting and her interest in feminism to aid in writing a thriller that manages to be both...
by Kristopher | Sep 2, 2016 | Review
Sophie Hannah is known in the crime fiction community for writing some of the most complex and psychologically sound mysteries available, so it was not a surprise when the Agatha Christie estate announced that they had chosen her to write a new Hercule Poirot novel....
by Kristopher | Sep 1, 2016 | Review
Chris Holm was faced with a task both enviable and daunting in equal measures. Writing a follow-up to a critically-acclaimed series debut such as The Killing Kind was never going to be easy. Think of it as similar to the pressure on the creators of one of those...
by Kristopher | Aug 30, 2016 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: I recently reviewed Owen Matthews’ The Fixes here on the blog. And last year, I reviewed his YA debut – How to Win at High School. To say that I am thrilled to welcome Owen Laukkanen (the real man behind the Owen Matthews pen name)...
by Kristopher | Aug 26, 2016 | Review
Thomas Mullen’s Darktown is an important book. Inspired by – and dedicated to – the legacy left by the first eight African-American officers hired by the Atlanta police department, the novel does much to explain the problems of institutionalized racism inherent in law...
