by Kristopher | Sep 13, 2013 | Review
There is little doubt that for those of us who are crime fiction fans, there are times when our brains need a break from peering into the dark souls of depraved human beings. So, when a book comes along that still has those mystery elements, but also has humor and a...
by Kristopher | Sep 12, 2013 | Review
From The Booking Desk: I am a huge fan of Toni L. P. Kelner’s Where Are They Now? mystery books. And I have long admired the editorial work she and Charlaine Harris do on their anthologies. So when I heard earlier this year that she was starting a new series...
by Kristopher | Sep 11, 2013 | Review
Last year, when Hank Phillippi Ryan released The Other Woman, it was a dramatic shift in her story-telling style. Gone were the days of the first-person narrator readers found in her much-loved Prime Time series; and in its place was a much more complex storyline...
by Kristopher | Sep 10, 2013 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: I am a huge fan of the Charlie McNally series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Refusing to rest on her laurels, last year Hank launched an ambitious new series with The Other Woman. No surprise, she succeeded once again and the book has gone on to win...
by Kristopher | Sep 7, 2013 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: Now that the panel assignments have gone out, the schedule has been posted and folks are being notified of their volunteering positions, it’s time to let you know where BOLOBooks will be hanging out in Albany. Later, I’ll try to...
by Kristopher | Sep 6, 2013 | Review
In light of the news that Louise Penny’s How the Light Gets In has reached the #1 spot on The New York Times Bestseller list (for the week of September 15), this review is likely to come off as preaching to the choir. But in case there are a few folks out there who...
by Kristopher | Sep 5, 2013 | Review
From the Booking Desk: Yesterday, BOLOBooks featured a fascinating interview with Frankie Y. Bailey. In case you missed it, you can find that interview here. Today, I am pleased to present the BOLOBooks review of her newest novel, The Red Queen Dies....
by Kristopher | Sep 4, 2013 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: Way back in my undergraduate days, I was an English major with a primary focus on minority literature. This meant that I was reading many African American, Latin American, and Native American authors; but it also meant that I was reading (and...
by Kristopher | Aug 30, 2013 | Review
From the moment Sandra Brannan’s Liv Bergen mystery series appeared, it was clear that she was not going to follow the traditional formulas for writing these types of adventures. In the first two books – In the Belly of Jonah and Lot’s Return to Sodom –...
by Kristopher | Aug 23, 2013 | Review
From the Booking Desk: After reading the BOLOBooks review of Lowcountry Bombshell, be sure to check out our interview with its author, Susan M. Boyer. Readers who tested the waters with Lowcountry Boil, Susan M. Boyer’s award-winning debut mystery certainly know what...
