Recent Reviews

From Beer to Eternity – The BOLO Books Review

The cozy mystery sub-genre is an important and too often overlooked corner of the crime fiction world. Anyone who reads them knows how difficult it is to craft and plot an effective one – maybe even harder than some of the other sub-genres. In my opinion, a cozy...

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Rules for Being Dead – The BOLO Books Review

Every season or so, there's a book that seemingly comes out of the blue that manages to knock our socks off. Rules for Being Dead is that book for the Summer of 2020. And its author, Kim Powers, is a bona fide breath of fresh air on the literary landscape. Honestly,...

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The First to Lie – The BOLO Books Review

There is no denying it, Hank Phillippi Ryan has a way with words; anytime she puts pen to paper, the resulting prose is guaranteed to provide readers with hours of escapism. Simply put, Hank Phillippi Ryan is a born storyteller, with the skills to transform any tale...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

BOLO – Week of March 11, 2018

From The Booking Desk: It's quite an eclectic list of new releases this week; there literally is something for everyone. We may have lost an hour this past week (it's Daylight Saving Time here in the US), but publishing is not slowing down....

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Debra H. Goldstein – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: Debra Goldstein and I first became acquainted via her role as Monitoring Project Liaison for Sisters in Crime. In 2016, I was asked to contribute to this "counting project" which looks at the volume of crime fiction reviews published in various...

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Cover Reveal – Pull & Pray

From the Booking Desk: Angel Luis Colón has been a long-time fan and supporter of BOLO Books, so when he approached me to ask if I would be willing to host the cover reveal for his latest novel, I was more than happy to oblige.   Pull & Pray is the follow-up...

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About

Welcome to BOLO Books. The blog name comes from the common police acronym meaning “be on the look out.” (or “be on the lookout” – depending on your source). This is especially appropriate in this case, as this blog will focus on books in the mystery and thriller genre. Crime fiction is my passion and I want to share that with you.

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