by Kristopher | Apr 17, 2015 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: It has finally been revealed. Fans have been anxious to see the cover design for the new Louise Penny novel since the title was released earlier this year. The wait is over… Jacket Copy: Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent...
by Kristopher | Apr 17, 2015 | Review
It has been roughly six years since Kate Charles’ last ecclesiastical mystery featuring Anglican cleric Callie Anson. Fans of the series have been waiting and False Tongues is sure to please them. Readers who have been following Callie Anson journey will be most...
by Kristopher | Apr 16, 2015 | Review
No one can claim that Catriona McPherson plays it safe with her writing. Few authors today take as many risks as Catriona does in terms of genre, style, tone, and the various other components of writing. Even in her Dandy Gilver historical mystery series, McPherson...
by Kristopher | Apr 14, 2015 | Guest Posts
From The Booking Desk: When the first Lucy Campion book came out in 2013, I was an instant fan of Susanna Calkins. You can find the BOLO Books review of A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate here. Susanna is back this week with the third novel featuring Lucy. I am...
by Kristopher | Apr 10, 2015 | Review
The idea of a crime novel which taps into the social zeitgeist of the moment is hardly a new concept. But the fact that the public’s attention span is always getting shorter means that there is constantly a new social ill worthy of being addressed through today’s...
by Kristopher | Apr 8, 2015 | Guest Posts
From the Booking Desk: Believe it or not, I can’t read every book that I would like to. There just are not enough hours in the day. Because of that, sometimes I invite folks here to talk about their most recent efforts as another way to keep people informed....
by Kristopher | Apr 7, 2015 | Review
With the first two books in the Gabriella Giovanni series (Blessed are the Dead and Blessed are the Meek), Kristi Belcamino built a firm foundation on which to solidify her crime fiction career, but in book three – Blessed Are Those Who Weep – readers will realize...
by Kristopher | Apr 2, 2015 | Review
There has been tremendous buzz in the crime fiction community over Bryon Quertermous’ debut novel, Murder Boy – and rightfully so. Quertermous has created a work which exists simultaneously as both a classic example of the noir thriller and as a unique dark comedic...
by Kristopher | Apr 1, 2015 | Review
When we left Greg Hettinger at the end of Chapter One of The Black Hood comic, he was just starting to explore his vigilante nature. It was clear to readers that while his desire for justice was in no way dampened, his methods of achieving it were about to change. As...
by Kristopher | Mar 31, 2015 | Interview
From The Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Bryon Quertermous to BOLO Books today, not the least of which because he is one of the few people with a name that is harder to spell than my own. But seriously, Bryon is well-known and respected in the crime fiction...
