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...
by Kristopher | Mar 27, 2015 | Review
Hallie Ephron is an author who plays by her own rules. She doesn’t produce a new novel every year, she doesn’t write a series, and she creates works in both the fiction and non-fiction realms. The end result is that while she doesn’t have the same long list of...
by Kristopher | Mar 24, 2015 | Review
Hallie Ephron’s short story “Photoplay” serves as a prequel of sorts to her new full-length novel, Night Night, Sleep Tight. Many of the same characters appear in both pieces and yet Ephron succeeds in making each piece work as stand-alone narrative as...
by Kristopher | Mar 20, 2015 | Review
There are countless examples of fictional journalists who end up deeply embroiled in crime solving within the crime fiction genre. One may immediately think of Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan or Lindsay Gordon from Val McDermid’s first excellent series. More recently,...
by Kristopher | Mar 15, 2015 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: BOLO Books is once again honored to be part of the cover reveal for the new “A Family Skeleton Mystery” from Leigh Perry. The title of the new book is The Skeleton Haunts a House. If you are unfamiliar with this series, get your...
by Kristopher | Mar 13, 2015 | Review
From Revenge of the Nerds to Mean Girls, our cinema history is filled with tales of teens who manage to find a way to overcome some perceived disadvantage to become popular. Now, Owen Matthews’ debut Young Adult book – How to Win at High School – gives readers the...
by Kristopher | Mar 11, 2015 | Review
John Kander is no stranger to musicalizing controversial topics. With Fred Ebb, he brought us Weimar Republic Germany set to music with Cabaret, the squalor of Latin American prisons as seen through the eyes of an idol-worshipping gay window dresser in Kiss of the...
