by Kristopher | Jan 22, 2020 | Review
From the Booking Desk: I am trying something new this year, sprinkling my longer reviews with some posts that gather a handful of shorter reviews together in one convenient place. My hope is that the cross-pollination of fans will inspire readers to pick up books they...
by Kristopher | Jan 21, 2020 | Review
Sophie Hannah belongs at the top of the list of authors who can sell a book solely based on the synopsis. If you have never read one of her mystery novels, just check out the jacket copy of any one of them and I can almost guarantee you will be intrigued enough to...
by Kristopher | Jan 17, 2020 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: From the moment I read her debut novel, The Ruin, I knew that Dervla McTiernan and I could be friends. While I have yet to have the pleasure of meeting her in person, we stay connected via social media and will find ourselves at the same crime...
by Kristopher | Jan 16, 2020 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: I was a huge fan of The Night of the Flood, the first novel-in-stories edited by E. A. Aymar and Sarah M. Chen. At every event I attended for that book, the question was always asked: “would you do another collaboration of this...
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...
