by Kristopher | Sep 30, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: This is a good week to visit your local bookstore – there are so many great book releases. Tara Laskowski – One Night Gone (Graydon House, Paperback, $16.99, 10/01/2019) BOLO Books Comments: The BOLO Books Review of One Night Gone posted...
by Kristopher | Sep 27, 2019 | Review
Cops and lawyers are a mainstay of crime fiction, so when readers discover that Dervla McTeirnan’s new novella, The Sisters – released exclusively as an Audible Original – revolves around siblings in these professions, it is not a shock. Since this is an Ireland-set...
by Kristopher | Sep 27, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Josh Pachter is an excellent short story writer and has edited (or co-edited) a variety of anthologies. As members of the same Sisters in Crime Chapter (shout out to the Chessie Chapter!), we often attend the same events and it is always a...
by Kristopher | Sep 26, 2019 | Review
There is a particular joy in watching a writer one admires journey from their initial successes into a new career phase. In the case of Tara Laskowski, her track record with short story publication in literary journals, genre-focused magazines, and a few small-press...
by Kristopher | Sep 24, 2019 | APB
Time for another entry in this incredibly popular feature here at BOLO Books – The APB (All Points Bulletin).As always, competition for these slots was tough. Which books are generating that elusive buzz in the publishing industry? Which are books that I personally...
by Kristopher | Sep 23, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: The BOLO Report this week has a decidedly lighter tone than is typical here on the blog. But with two cozy series I’ve been reading from the beginning and a new genre-mashup, these are the books to look for this week. Leigh Perry – The...
by Kristopher | Sep 20, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Lisa Unger is one of those people who seems simply too nice to write crime fiction, but write it she does. I have been a huge fan of her work for a very long time, with both Fragile and In The Blood ranking extremely high on my list of favorite...
by Kristopher | Sep 18, 2019 | Review
Lisa Unger never writes the same book twice. At this point, hopefully readers know that they can always come to a book by this talented author knowing they will be led by skilled hands and that the journey will be a rewarding one. Yet, this has never been truer than...
by Kristopher | Sep 17, 2019 | Review
It was clear with the publication of Bluebird, Bluebird in 2017 that Attica Locke’s Highway 59 mystery series was going to be something special. This was further confirmed when this overdue author won the Best Novel Edgar Award for that gem of a book the following...
by Kristopher | Sep 16, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: It is another busy week at bookshops everywhere. Look for some hotly-anticipated releases alongside books you didn’t know that you needed. There is something of quality for everyone. Attica Locke – Heaven, My Home (Mulholland Books,...
