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...
by Kristopher | Sep 2, 2015 | Conference Recap
The title of this post alone is enough to transport me back to Sunday afternoon in Washington, DC. Louise Penny is out on a brief tour for her latest Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novel, The Nature of the Beast, and this year’s tour brought her close enough for me to...
by Kristopher | Sep 1, 2015 | Interview
From The Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Deanna Raybourn to BOLO Books for this launch day interview. The first novel is her new Victorian mystery series, A Curious Beginning, is out today. If you missed my spoiler-free review of this wonderful series debut,...
by Kristopher | Aug 28, 2015 | Review
In just three years, Seventh Street Books has assembled a stellar roster of authors. Winning awards and attracting critical praise, their authors have turned this imprint into the place to go for solid, literary crime fiction. Even their debut authors – such as Lori...
by Kristopher | Aug 26, 2015 | Review
Fortitude is a Sky Atlantic produced television series starring Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sofie Gråbøl, and Richard Dormer. Season One runs roughly ten hours over the course of 12 episodes. Fortitude is an inventive hybrid between a procedural mystery and an...
by Kristopher | Aug 21, 2015 | Review
Not only is A Curious Beginning the title of the new novel from Deanna Raybourn, but it is also an apt description of this series debut itself. “Curious” not in the way that it is strange or odd – although there are certainly portions that fit those labels – but...
by Kristopher | Aug 19, 2015 | Review
From the Booking Desk: Today, I have two mini-reviews to share with readers. These are two very different, but equally enjoyable historical mysteries – both part of well-established and on-going series. It is also worth noting that both series feature main characters...
