by Kristopher | Apr 24, 2018 | Review
Sydney Mackenzie Knocks ‘Em Dead is Cindy Callaghan’s latest middle grade novel and it also happens to be nominated for this year’s Agatha Award for Best Children’s/YA novel. Sydney Mackenzie is tween who aspires to be a filmmaker. All seems to be going as planned...
by Kristopher | Apr 23, 2018 | Articles
From the Booking Desk: It is Edgar Awards Week! This means things will be a bit quieter than normal around here, but rest assured I will be posting some previously prepared content – including a special Composite Sketch on Friday – as the week goes on. ...
by Kristopher | Apr 20, 2018 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Ellen Byron and I have been trying to party together for a while now, but the fates keep intervening. I missed Ellen’s book launch party, Ellen missed my New Orleans soiree, etc, etc. But what we are not going to miss is a chance to see...
by Kristopher | Apr 19, 2018 | Review
When your debut novel is as universally enjoyed and critically acclaimed as Kristen Lepionka’s The Last Place You Look was, the pressure for the follow-up can be over-whelming. None of that fear makes it to the pages of What You Want To See. This second novel in the...
by Kristopher | Apr 18, 2018 | Review
The Unseeing is Anna Mazzola’s Edgar Award-nominated debut, the strength of which will have readers adding this author to their must-read list moving forward. The Unseeing is a unique blend of fact and fiction. The criminal case at the core of the novel really did...
by Kristopher | Apr 17, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: Sorry for the late posting of the Books to Look Out for list this week – this crazy East Coast weather triggered a migraine and I was in no shape to log on. But things are better today, and the good news is that these books are available...
by Kristopher | Apr 13, 2018 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: My first memory of Alice Loweecey is seeing her from a distance at one of the many conventions I have been to and thinking “who is that quirky woman in the fabulous fascinator.” Honestly, still when I see her, I think that –...
by Kristopher | Apr 11, 2018 | Review
It is rare that readers can escape into a debut that is so assured and well written that it feels like one is in the hands of an esteemed veteran of the literary world; but that is exactly the experience had while reading Christine Mangan’s Tangerine. The bulk of...
by Kristopher | Apr 10, 2018 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: Today I am over at Chicks on the Case chatting with Kellye Garrett and the other wonderful cozy writers associated with that blog. This is indeed one of the most candid interviews I have done on this blogging topic, so please stop on by and see...
by Kristopher | Apr 6, 2018 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Kathy Boone Reel was one of the first strangers to ever tell me in person that they were a fan of BOLO Books. It was at the Bouchercon Jungle Red Writers panel the year after I launched the blog. Kathy saw me sitting in the front row with my...
