Recent Reviews
What We Left Unsaid – The BOLO Books Review
Over the course of her career, Winnie M Li has shown that she is never going to shy away from a challenge. By consistently weaving elements from her own life—good, bad, and ugly—into her fictional narratives, Li produces works that ring with genuine authenticity,...
The Grand Paloma Resort
Publishers may choose not to market Cleyvis Natera’s The Grand Paloma Resort as crime fiction, but it will without a doubt please fans of that genre. It contains all the elements that make crime fiction so addictive—death, suspense, red herrings, investigation(s)—all...
The Frozen People – The BOLO Books Review
With The Frozen People, Elly Griffiths takes a detour from her more traditional mystery offerings to write what can be best described as a speculative historical crime novel. It’s a testament to Griffiths storytelling prowess that the resulting cross-genre work will...
Recent Interviews
Jessica Knoll – The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: Last Friday, I ran the full BOLO Books review of Jessica Knoll's debut novel, Luckiest Girl Alive. Today, I am pleased to welcome Jessica herself to the blog. BOLO Books: Tell us a bit about your debut novel, Luckiest Girl Alive. Jessica Knoll:...
Martin Edwards –
The BOLO Books Interview
From The Booking Desk: If you read my recap post about the Malice Domestic convention yesterday, you no doubt noticed that I was a huge fan of the panel about Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of Mystery. Today, one of the speakers from that panel, Martin Edwards,...
Jessie Chandler –
A BOLO Books Guest Post
From The Booking Desk: When I heard about Jessie Chandler's new book, Operation Stop Hate, I immediately hoped I could convince her to stop by BOLO Books to tell us a bit more about the inspiration behind this topical tale. Thankfully for all of us, Jessie agreed and...
Recent Articles
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...
We Are What We Read – Episode Seven available
Episode Seven of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. This is the first of several all UK episodes, allowing readers to hear from their favorites authors, reviewers, and fans from across the pond. On this episode, my co-host Shawn...
Cover Reveal – Hall of Mirrors
From the Booking Desk: As a huge fan of John Copenhaver's novels and a friend of the man himself, I am more than happy to host the cover reveal for Hall of Mirrors--the highly-anticipated sequel to The Savage Kind. Attendees at Bouchercon were given a sneak peek at...
