Recent Reviews

More Catching Up – Another Collection of Reviews

From the Booking Desk: During the holiday season, it is always tough to keep up with blogging work along with all the demands of the day job, family obligations, festive appointments, and just general life. But I don't want to let the days pass without mentioning a...

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Conviction – The BOLO Books Review

By this point, you have likely read at least one crime novel that uses our culture's current obsession with true crime podcasts as a storytelling device. It has become clear that we are still at the early stages of this trend and market saturation remains a distant...

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Crime Travel – The BOLO Books Review

Time travel has always been a popular subject in our culture. From H.G. Wells' The Time Machine through to current obsessions like Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, this plot device has proven its ability to open up all kinds of possibilities. Back to the Future mined it...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

BOLO – Week of February 18, 2018

From The Booking Desk: Some heavy-hitters in this week's list of books to be on the look out for. I know many of you have been waiting for these books, so get yourself to the bookstore and enjoy! ______________________________________________________________________...

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Kate Malmon – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: Count me as a fan of Kate Malmon's reviews - that is how I first discovered her. And count me as a fan of Kate Malmon, period. Just as with her husband, Dan, who was our Composite Sketch guest last week, I have since been fortunate to meet Kate...

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BOLO – Week of February 11, 2018

From The Booking Desk: This week's list of books to be on the lookout for is dominated by authors from outside of the United States. if you haven't read a non-US set book recently, any of these would be wonderful choices to help broaden your reading horizons....

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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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