Recent Reviews
Watch Us Fall – The BOLO Books Review
Christina Kovac, a former journalist, used her background knowledge of the political news industry to propel her debut novel, The Cutaway, onto reader and critic radars several years ago. She now returns with Watch Us Fall—a incisive look at friendship and love that...
The Wasp Trap – The BOLO Books Review
With The Wasp Trap, Mark Edwards takes two very common crime fiction tropes, merges them, and then turns them on their heads—creating one gripping read in the process. The first trope is the closed circle of suspects: a group of people in an isolated locale who are...
The Burning Grounds – The BOLO Books Review
One of the risks of series fiction is that characters can become stagnant. In an effort to give readers more of what they want, authors often default to giving them too much of the same. Think of your favorite series where the lead character has barely changed across...
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
We Are What We Read – Episode Nine available
Episode Nine of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. In this special episode, the focus is on short stories, with some very talented practitioners of the form who also happen to know a lot about the history of the short story. On...
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...
