Recent Reviews
Whistle – The BOLO Books Review
Linwood Barclay has been writing exceptional crime fiction for just about two decades at this point. Readers know to trust his name. Those books—often tales of the “every man” who gets caught up in extreme circumstances—feature strong plotting and relatable...
Summerhouse – The BOLO Books Review
Summerhouse is a queer noir gem written by Yiğit Karaahmet in Turkish and translated to English by Nicholas Glastonbury. It is the perfect summer read—ready to be packed into your suitcase for the next visit to any sandy beach destination. Summerhouse is set on...
The Girl in Cell A – The BOLO Books Review
With The Girl in Cell A—his first standalone crime novel and his first book set in the United States—Vaseem Khan leaves a mark on psychological suspense that even veterans of the subgenre can only dream of. By carefully controlling the narrative, and in particular,...
Recent Interviews
The Case of the Dotty Dowager / Cathy Ace –
A BOLO Books Inter(Re)view
From the Booking Desk: If you are a long-time follower of BOLO Books, you might remember an experimental project I tried a few years back. I wanted to combine a review with an interview. I called it an Inter(Re)view and Chris Holm was my first "victim." While it was...
Kate Charles –
A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: There are times when I am working on this blog when I have to stop and pinch myself. Is this really happening? Today is one of those days. I have long been a fan of Kate Charles. Kate has the ability to write about the Church of England with...
Malice-Go-Round – Guest post with Judy Bobalik
From the Booking Desk: At the recent Malice Domestic conference in Bethesda, Maryland, I had the distinct pleasure of sitting with Judy Bobalik at the Malice-Go-Round event. For those that don’t know, this is a type of speed dating for authors in which pairs of...
Recent Articles
2023 – The Year in Statistics
From the Booking Desk: It has been an interesting year in so many ways. My wish for each of you is that no matter what you accomplished (or didn't) this year, I hope you took a moment to celebrate yourself and know that your family and friends love you. The world is a...
Catriona McPherson on Christmas Traditions – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: It's a bit of a tradition to have the one-and-only Catriona McPherson stop by for a guest post with each of her new releases. This time out, the new Last Ditch Mystery is Christmas-themed, so it will be no surprise to anyone that Catriona is...
2023 and I Am a Published Author
From the Booking Desk: As we head into the holiday shopping season, I want to remind everyone that my first published short story appeared just last month. I have talked about it quite a bit on social media, but realized that I never sent out an official notification...
