by Kristopher | Dec 12, 2019 | Review
By this point, you have likely read at least one crime novel that uses our culture’s current obsession with true crime podcasts as a storytelling device. It has become clear that we are still at the early stages of this trend and market saturation remains a...
by Kristopher | Dec 10, 2019 | Review
Time travel has always been a popular subject in our culture. From H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine through to current obsessions like Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, this plot device has proven its ability to open up all kinds of possibilities. Back to the Future...
by Kristopher | Dec 6, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: The crime writing community is like a big family – sometimes dysfunctional, as all families are – but there are always those members that stand out (and stand up.) Leslie Budewitz is one of those community members that everybody...
by Kristopher | Dec 3, 2019 | Review
From The Booking Desk: You may be seeing countless lists of favorite 2019 books (including BOLO Books’ own Top Reads of 2019 rundown), but there are still reviews from the year I haven’t yet been able to post. Here are three more for newly released books...
by Kristopher | Nov 29, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Cindy Callaghan is the Agatha-Award-Winning author of the most delightful middle grade novels – one series of which is now a hit Amazon television show as well. I have had the pleasure of meeting Cindy at the Malice Domestic Mystery...
by Kristopher | Nov 26, 2019 | Review
From the Booking Desk: I read so many wonderful books in 2019 that crafting a Top Reads list was especially challenging. As I have always done, I took this task very seriously and really struggled to make sure the list commemorates my favorite books of the year....
by Kristopher | Nov 25, 2019 | Review
From The Booking Desk: I have been so busy with New England Crime Bake, a Maine vacation, some scheduled speaking engagements, fighting off a cold, and holiday prep that end of year reviews are piling up. I’ve decided to do a post today collecting a number of...
by Kristopher | Nov 22, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: We are quickly approaching 150 of these profile sketches and I have always said that I am literally surprised by something in every single one of them. Suffice to say, today’s profile holds the record for the most surprises in one...
by Kristopher | Nov 19, 2019 | Review
“…sometimes when you look down at the surface of a pond, all you can see is your own reflection, not the depth of what’s on the other side.”...
by Kristopher | Nov 15, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Gwen Florio is a wonderful writer, a fierce advocate for the crime fiction community, and has been a long-time supporter of BOLO Books. We were chatting off-line about something recently when I was inspired to offer her a slot here on the...
