The Ex –
The BOLO Books Review

How far would you go to help an ex? What about if you felt like you had previously ruined that person’s life? That is the quandary facing criminal defense attorney Olivia Randall in Alafair Burke’s juggernaut of a novel, The Ex. Jack Harris has had a rough life. His...

Secrets & Lies – A BOLO Books Television Review

Secrets & Lies is an Australian television series starring Martin Henderson. It was recently remade for American television with Ryan Phillippe and received decent enough ratings to warrant a season two later this year. I will admit that I have not seen the...

Every Seven Years – A BOLO Books Short Story Review

Otto Penzler’s Mysterious Press has been releasing Bibliomysteries for a number of years now. These are short stories written by some of the leading names in crime fiction. Each of the stories focuses the central mystery around the concept of books – every one of them...

The Darkest Secret – The BOLO Books Review (UK edition)

With just two crime fiction novel releases under her belt, Alex Marwood has positioned herself as one of the leading tastemakers of the genre. This week, her third psychological suspense novel, The Darkest Secret, was released in the United Kingdom and it will further...

I Let You Go – The BOLO Books Review (UK Edition)

Clare Mackintosh’s I Let You Go is a difficult book to review. There are revelations within the plot so integral to the success of the novel that revealing them would spoil the reader’s enjoyment. With that in mind, this review intentionally contains very few plot...

After the Crash – The BOLO Books Review

Once in a while, you stumble upon a book with a premise so intriguing, so clever, you instantly know that if the author can pull this off, it is going to be a great book. After the Crash by Michel Bussi is just such a novel. On December 23, 1980, a plane crashes into...