by Kristopher | May 6, 2016 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: The Anthony Award nominations have been announced. Below is a list of the nominees along with links to the BOLO Books review of those titles covered here on the blog. Congratulations to all the nominees! BEST NOVEL Night Tremors – Matt Coyle...
by Kristopher | May 4, 2016 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: If you don’t know how much of a John Connolly fan I am, than you haven’t been paying enough attention. Today, John’s latest newsletter went out to his followers and it included some amazing news. Now available is PARKER: A...
by Kristopher | May 3, 2016 | Review
Statistically, the occurrences of violent crime in Iceland are miniscule, but with Nightblind Ragnar Jónasson shows readers that the gap between a low crime rate and a low rate of reported crime is a chasm rather than a crack. When his English-language debut Snowblind...
by Kristopher | Apr 29, 2016 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Malice Domestic is this weekend in Bethesda, Maryland. This year, I will only be attending on Saturday, but in case you want to say hi, these are some of the places I will be. Saturday 10:10:50 – Group Dynamics: Sharing Detection Dru Ann...
by Kristopher | Apr 27, 2016 | Review
When I interviewed Laura Lippman last year, she had this to say about her next book: “I’m writing a crazy-ambitious stand-alone, a crime novel that asks readers to rethink an American classic.” With or without that in mind, astute readers will certainly see the echoes...
by Kristopher | Apr 26, 2016 | Review
Readers would be hard-pressed to find crime fiction more genteel than that written by Katherine Hall Page. Even though she is writing about murder, secrets, and other nefarious activity, Page does so with a restrained pen – making her a favorite of those who enjoy...
by Kristopher | Apr 22, 2016 | Review
(This is the second in a series looking at the work of Bouchercon 2016 Guests of Honor.) Reading the standalone novels of Harlan Coben is like placing yourself in front of a firing line, except instead of bullets, you are going to be assaulted with plot twists and...
by Kristopher | Apr 21, 2016 | Review
Every few years the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters In Crime releases a themed short story anthology. Next week, their newest offering will be available and this time out the theme is weather. To whet your whistle, I wanted to give you a small sampling of the stories...
by Kristopher | Apr 15, 2016 | Review
In addition to her Dandy Gilver historical mystery series, Catriona McPherson continues to write stand-alone novels that defy categorization. Just this month Quiet Neighbors was released and while it is certainly a novel filled with secrets, at its core it is a...
by Kristopher | Apr 14, 2016 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: When you volunteer at conferences like Bouchercon and Malice Domestic, you are doing so much more than helping out the organizers of the event – which in and of itself would be rewarding enough – but you are also opening yourself up...
