by Kristopher | Sep 25, 2015 | Review
Karin Slaughter first came on the radar of crime fiction fans back in 2001. Since then, she has released a string of very successful series novels, short stories, and one critically acclaimed historical standalone. Next week, Slaughter opens a new chapter in her...
by Kristopher | Sep 23, 2015 | Conference Recap
From The Booking Desk: My Bouchercon Schedule proves that my personality is pretty evenly split between being a plotter and pantser: I have a rigid outline with plenty of room for spontaneity. In just two weeks, I’ll be leaving for Raleigh, North Carolina for...
by Kristopher | Sep 18, 2015 | Review
The best crime fiction often reflects on the society in which we live. Few authors can so successfully tap into the zeitgeist as can Val McDermid. With Splinter the Silence, McDermid returns to her most popular series characters – Carol Jordan and Dr. Tony Hill – and...
by Kristopher | Sep 16, 2015 | Review
Last February, Sandra Block introduced readers to Dr. Zoe Goldman in Little Black Lies, one of the strongest debut mysteries of the year. Now, Zoe has returned in The Girl Without a Name. While some things in Zoe’s life are different, what has remained the same is the...
by Kristopher | Sep 15, 2015 | APB
From The Booking Desk: This is the second post in this new feature here at BOLO Books – The APB (All Points Bulletin). Once again, competition for these slots was tough and there are some really busy weeks coming up this Fall, as you will see. This feature works...
by Kristopher | Sep 11, 2015 | Review
One book, seventeen chapters, seventeen different authors. If your first thought is that this can never work, you would be forgiven, but in actually it does work and in the case of this new young adult novel, it works very well indeed. Violent Ends was conceived by...
by Kristopher | Sep 10, 2015 | Review
Vintage Hollywood and Megan Abbott is like Chocolate with Strawberries – a perfect pairing. Megan has already shown readers that she can write damn fine novels (such as Dare Me, The Fever, and Bury Me Deep) and she has written one of my favorite overlooked short...
by Kristopher | Sep 7, 2015 | Articles
From the Booking Desk: It is Labor Day here in the States, so the BOLO post for this Monday will appear tomorrow. Rest assured, there are some great books coming out this week. Until then, I’ll be relaxing with a novel for most of the day. See you...
by Kristopher | Sep 4, 2015 | Review
The Killing Kind is Chris Holm’s debut with Mulholland Books. It is a movement away from the paranormal milieu of his previous series with Angry Robot. This novel is decidedly noir in nature and a perfect fit for Holm’s gritty writing style. The novel’s protagonist,...
by Kristopher | Sep 3, 2015 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Last year, I created a series of four blog posts which offered advice to the attendees of Bouchercon (and really any book conference). I did it as a way of putting my own thoughts down on paper, but by the time Bouchercon 2014 rolled around, it...
