by Kristopher | Jul 17, 2020 | Bolo
Earlier this week, Dru Ann Love and I posted our second video for our new BOLO*MUSINGS YouTube Channel. In this one, we discuss 12 of our favorite books from the first half of the year – January to June 2020. It seemed only fair that since we launched the...
by Kristopher | Jul 15, 2020 | Review
With Never Ask Me, Jeff Abbott returns to the exclusive enclave of Lakehaven, Texas – the iconic setting of several of his stand-alone thrillers. Like Blame and the others, Never Ask Me stands on its own with only the fictional setting uniting them. Never Ask Me...
by Kristopher | Jul 9, 2020 | Review
S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland is the novel everyone in the crime fiction community is talking about. You could put an image of this book’s cover next to the dictionary definition of buzz and be accurate, although some would say it might be an understatement....
by Kristopher | Jul 7, 2020 | Bolo
In this time of social distancing, Dru Ann Love and I have decided to launch a new joint venture. The BOLO*MUSINGS YouTube Channel For those of you who have enjoyed — or wish you could have enjoyed — hearing Dru Ann and I talk about crime fiction at...
by Kristopher | Jul 7, 2020 | Review
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is the best show on television that you are not watching. Unfortunately, this miniseries is only available on the Showtime premium cable channel, so the reach is not matching the quality of this production. There is no fictional...
by Kristopher | Jul 2, 2020 | Review
When Robin Wasserman released Girls on Fire in 2016, she demonstrated how her style of writing provocative and powerful fiction for younger readers could successfully transition to thought-provoking and complex adult novels. Now with Mother Daughter Widow Wife she...
by Kristopher | Jun 29, 2020 | Review
Kristen Lepionka returns with Once You Go This Far and once again gives Roxane Weary a complex case to tackle in this must-read crime fiction series. Lepionka crafted one of the most unique characters in the genre and once she entered the reader’s consciousness,...
by Kristopher | Jun 26, 2020 | Review
Nasty Woman Press has come out of the gate with an anthology worthy of their moniker. Shattering Glass is a collection of works celebrating female empowerment – this includes short stories, interviews, and non-fiction essays designed to both entertain and...
by Kristopher | Jun 25, 2020 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: It has been a while since I have posted a Composite Sketch and this one is unlike the previous. Whereas the others have been profiles of real people within our community, today we are going to meet a fictional character. (Credit where credit is...
by Kristopher | Jun 22, 2020 | Review
With the release of Ragnar Jónasson’s The Mist, the original Hidden Iceland trilogy comes to an end, making this the perfect time to discuss this series of novels as a whole. Most fans of crime fiction have probably already heard about the unique sequencing of these...
