by Kristopher | Jan 8, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: Many of us have been dealing with frigid temperatures, but this week there promises to be a bit of a warm up. These excellent books should help! There is something for everyone on this week’s list of books to be on the look out for....
by Kristopher | Jan 5, 2018 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: I interact with Zack Wagman in his capacity as Executive Editor at Ecco Books. This imprint of HarperCollins has published some of my favorite books over the last few years, and Zack always ensures that I have easy access to those books when I...
by Kristopher | Jan 4, 2018 | Review
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s The Wife Between Us continues the domestic suspense boom readers have noticed in crime fiction publishing of late. Theirs is the story of a marriage, the story of an affair, and the story of the truth between these two commonplace...
by Kristopher | Jan 3, 2018 | Review
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to over-hype something. Take for example, A. J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window. This is a solidly-written debut novel that will please most psychological suspense readers, but the pre-pub buzz wants to make it out to be this...
by Kristopher | Jan 2, 2018 | Review
King has Derry, Maine and Dickens had London, England. And now C. J. Tudor takes readers to the tiny English village of Anderbury in a style that echoes both of these legends. Similar to how Dickens opens A Tale of Two Cities with that now famous “It was the best of...
by Kristopher | Jan 2, 2018 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: Happy New Year! I trust that everyone had a wonderful holiday break. I have missed you all. We are about to head into a very inspiring book release cycle – so many great books coming this winter. First up, these new releases available...
by Kristopher | Dec 29, 2017 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Mia Manansala first came to my attention when she won the 2017 William F. Deeck – Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers presented at the Malice Domestic Agatha Award Banquet. As soon as I heard the details about her manuscript in...
by Kristopher | Dec 25, 2017 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season and a very Happy New Year. Things will be a bit quieter than normal around here this week, but do check back on Friday for a wonderful Composite Sketch. Things will return to schedule on January 2nd. If...
by Kristopher | Dec 22, 2017 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Because Donna Andrews is relatively local to me, I’ve gone to many of her book signings over the years. Then once I started going to the crime fiction conventions, I learned how much of a fixture she is in our community – someone we...
by Kristopher | Dec 20, 2017 | Bolo
This is the tenth post for 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 have...
