A Skeleton in the Family – BOLOBooks Review

There is little doubt that for those of us who are crime fiction fans, there are times when our brains need a break from peering into the dark souls of depraved human beings.   So, when a book comes along that still has those mystery elements, but also has humor and a...

Leigh Perry –
BOLOBooks Interview

From The Booking Desk: I am a huge fan of Toni L. P. Kelner’s Where Are They Now? mystery books.  And I have long admired the editorial work she and Charlaine Harris do on their anthologies.  So when I heard earlier this year that she was starting a new series...

The Wrong Girl –
BOLOBooks Review

Last year, when Hank Phillippi Ryan released The Other Woman, it was a dramatic shift in her story-telling style.  Gone were the days of the first-person narrator readers found in her much-loved Prime Time series; and in its place was a much more complex storyline...

How the Light Gets In – BOLOBooks Review

In light of the news that Louise Penny’s How the Light Gets In has reached the #1 spot on The New York Times Bestseller list (for the week of September 15), this review is likely to come off as preaching to the choir.  But in case there are a few folks out there who...

The Red Queen Dies –
BOLOBooks Review

From the Booking Desk: Yesterday, BOLOBooks featured a fascinating interview with Frankie Y. Bailey.  In case you missed it, you can find that interview here.  Today, I am pleased to present the BOLOBooks review of her newest novel, The Red Queen Dies....

Noah’s Rainy Day –
BOLOBooks Review

From the moment Sandra Brannan’s Liv Bergen mystery series appeared, it was clear that she was not going to follow the traditional formulas for writing these types of adventures. In the first two books – In the Belly of Jonah and Lot’s Return to Sodom –...