by Kristopher | Aug 4, 2015 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: Please join me in welcoming Paul Cleave to BOLO Books. Paul has written a series of loosely connected novels set in New Zealand and today marks the publication of his new stand-alone novel, Trust No One. Read on to find out how Paul organized...
by Kristopher | Jul 31, 2015 | Review
Heartfelt and thriller are not two terms that readers expect to see joined together to describe a new novel, but that is exactly what Paul Cleave’s new book, Trust No One is – a heartfelt thriller. In this stand-alone novel, Paul Cleave has created a conceit that is...
by Kristopher | Jul 28, 2015 | Review
From the Booking Desk: Followers of BOLO Books know that I will occasionally review a book when it is released in the UK. This is typically because I can’t wait to read the book and with Internet-commerce today, it’s easy enough for readers to obtain a...
by Kristopher | Jul 24, 2015 | Review
In Mary Kubica’s sophomore novel, Pretty Baby, the voices of a trio of narrators blend and clash to tell the story of three broken individuals trying to make themselves whole again. Readers who sampled Kubica’s debut novel, The Good Girl, already know that she is a...
by Kristopher | Jul 22, 2015 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: I rarely review cozy mysteries here on BOLO Books – not because I don’t read them or because they are not good, but mainly because my friend and book-blogging colleague Dru Ann Love does such an exceptional job highlighting this genre. That...
by Kristopher | Jul 17, 2015 | Review
Reading books about the abduction and murder of children is never easy, but in her new book, First One Missing, Tammy Cohen presents one of the most harrowing reads of the year. What is truly remarkable is that she does it without the graphic violence so prevalent in...
by Kristopher | Jul 14, 2015 | Review
After the Storm is the seventh book in Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder series. From the beginning, Castillo has managed to mine the depths of Amish society by highlighting the culture clash between this isolationist group and the public at large. Castillo continues...
by Kristopher | Jul 10, 2015 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: At this year’s Malice Domestic, I ran into Cynthia Kuhn, who happens to be a member of the Mysteristas blog. She asked is I would like to stop by for an interview and of course, I said yes. Here is just a sampling of one of the great...
by Kristopher | Jul 8, 2015 | Interview, Review
From the Booking Desk: If you are a long-time follower of BOLO Books, you might remember an experimental project I tried a few years back. I wanted to combine a review with an interview. I called it an Inter(Re)view and Chris Holm was my first “victim.”...
by Kristopher | Jul 7, 2015 | Review
Little Pretty Things is like a literary mash-up of Judy Blume and Megan Abbott, told in what is becoming the distinctive voice of its creator, Lori Rader-Day. On the surface, Little Pretty Things is about the death of Madeleine Bell and how her closest childhood...
