by Kristopher | Dec 10, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: As you struggle to complete those last minute holiday shopping trips, let’s take a look at a few books from smaller presses this week. We have a “cozy,” a LGBTQ+ based YA title, and a traditional mystery in an nontraditional...
by Kristopher | Dec 7, 2018 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: When I solicit participants for these Composite Sketch profiles, I always go in expecting to get some great answers – and i always do – but occasionally one come along that just goes above and beyond my expectations. Today’s...
by Kristopher | Dec 6, 2018 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: Holly West has been a long-time supporter of BOLO Books, so when she approached me to ask if I would be willing to host the cover reveal for her first anthology-editing gig, there was no way I was saying no. Truth is, the brilliant and fun...
by Kristopher | Dec 4, 2018 | underCOVER
Yep, it’s another list! This time I am talking about my favorite crime fiction book covers of the year. What I am most excited to say is that not only are these all great covers, the words within live up to the hype generated by their covers. While I deliberately...
by Kristopher | Dec 3, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: It’s December and the holiday season is upon us. Please don’t let yourself get too stressed during this time of year. Take a few moments out for yourself, perhaps by reading one of these books that are available this week....
by Kristopher | Nov 30, 2018 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: I was first introduced to the writing of J. M. Redmann by a friend of mine who is a massive fan of her Micky Knight novels. Upon reading them, it was immediately clear why this series has such devoted fans (and in fact, thanks to my ability to...
by Kristopher | Nov 29, 2018 | Review
Liane Moriarty continues to write novels that are virtually unclassifiable – blending elements from women’s fiction, mystery, suspense, romance, inspirational, and more into a style that is uniquely her own. If her latest novel, Nine Perfect Strangers, had to be...
by Kristopher | Nov 28, 2018 | Review
From the Booking Desk: 2018 will always be the year I was awarded the Mystery Writers of America Raven Award. This accolade represents a career highlight and I have been thrilled to celebrate with all of you throughout this year. But the work continued. ...
by Kristopher | Nov 27, 2018 | Review
If you’ll permit me… Along with writing two popular series, Elly Griffiths has decided that it is time to add a stand-alone psychological suspense novel to her repertoire. That novel is The Stranger Diaries and is currently available overseas and will appear in...
by Kristopher | Nov 26, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: We are heading into the final month of the year and still the publishing industry is giving readers some quality stuff to wind up 2018. While you are shopping Cyber Monday today, why not order one of these new releases? And maybe a few to give...
