by Kristopher | Jan 14, 2020 | Guest Posts
From the Booking Desk: Last year, Hilary Davidson launched the “Shadows of New York” series with One Small Sacrifice. On February 11, book two in the series will be released. However, BOLO Books is honored to present the first chapter excerpt of...
by Kristopher | Jan 13, 2020 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: The crime fiction short story could not ask for a better ambassador than Art Taylor. This is a writer who has won multiple awards – including the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Derringer – and who still gives back to his...
by Kristopher | Jan 10, 2020 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Penni Jones was a fan of BOLO Books for some time before she approached me asking if I would consider blurbing her book, Kricket. While I don’t always accept these requests, there was something about Penni and the premise of her novel that...
by Kristopher | Jan 8, 2020 | Review
While probably not intentional, it is fitting that there is a reference to length in the title of Liz Moore’s latest work, Long Bright River. This is an epic book in all meanings of the word. Clocking in at just about 500 densely-packed pages, the novel is a serious...
by Kristopher | Jan 7, 2020 | Review
There is a long tradition of crime fiction being inspired by true life crimes. This runs the gamut from direct fictionalizations of actual cases to plots that simply harken back to various aspects of the cases that proved the launching point for the writing. Jess...
by Kristopher | Jan 6, 2020 | Review
Most people are aware of the existence of scammers working out of impoverished foreign locations, using technology for a nefarious purpose, but it takes a forward-thinking writer such as Kwei Quartey to take readers behind the scenes of these “operations,” exposing...
by Kristopher | Jan 3, 2020 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: The beauty of conventions like Bouchercon and Malice Domestic is that it allows readers to be introduced to new writers – some of the start of their careers, others further in. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Gale Massey at the St....
by Kristopher | Dec 26, 2019 | Review
From the Booking Desk: When I post my Top Reads list each year, I never actually rank the books and I rarely mention what my very favorite book is for any given year. This is largely because it is never as cut and dried as it might seem. There are so many factors that...
by Kristopher | Dec 20, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Around Thanksgiving, in the spirit of giving back, I opened up the opportunity to have a Composite Sketch on BOLO Books to the first five people who reached out to me expressing interest. We have seen some of those profiles already and a few...
by Kristopher | Dec 16, 2019 | Review
From the Booking Desk: During the holiday season, it is always tough to keep up with blogging work along with all the demands of the day job, family obligations, festive appointments, and just general life. But I don’t want to let the days pass without...
