Recent Reviews
No. 10 Doyers Street – The BOLO Books Review
Readers have been waiting a number of years to travel back into the past with the one-and-only Radha Vatsal. Ever since she debuted with her much-loved Kitty Weeks mystery series, fans have trusted her to bring the past to life on the page while also telling gripping...
The Murder Show – The BOLO Books Review
Matt Goldman has proven himself adept at writing both series and standalone mystery novels. His latest—The Murder Show—is likely a standalone, however, it could easily serve as the launch for a new series should Goldman want to go in that direction. Ethan Harris is...
Count My Lies – The BOLO Books Review
With Count My Lies, Sophie Stava has written an unforgettable and fast-paced debut novel that is sure to be all the buzz in various corners of the crime fiction community. Sophie Stava lends her fresh voice and undeniable talent to a familiar trope: the unstable...
Recent Interviews
Guest Blogging –
Jungle Red Writers Again
From the Booking Desk: Susan Elia MacNeil very kindly asked me to stop by the Jungle Red Writers blog again. This time I'm talking about how I choose the books I read and review. If you have never been to Jungle Red Writers, please stop by this wonderful blog and join...
Bryon Quertermous –
A BOLO Books Guest Post
From The Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Bryon Quertermous to BOLO Books today, not the least of which because he is one of the few people with a name that is harder to spell than my own. But seriously, Bryon is well-known and respected in the crime fiction...
Azar Nafisi –
The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking desk: Azar Nafisi is probably not the name you expected to see on a crime fiction blog this morning, but the truth of the matter is that Azar is supportive of all genres of literature and the dissemination of its power world-wide. Best known for the...
Recent Articles
The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary – The BOLO Books Review
K. B. Jackson’s The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary is a wonderful adventure novel perfect for middle grade readers, but it will also appeal to older readers looking for a delightful distraction. The cover design and title page artwork (which echoes at the start of...
We Are What We Read – Episode 5 available
Episode Five of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. On this episode, my co-host Shawn Reilly Simmons and I are joined by guests Robin Agnew, Marco Carocari, Cheryl A. Head, Julie Hennrikus, Sujata Massey, Karen Odden, Ivy...
Cover Reveal – Happiness is a Warm Gun
From the Booking Desk: Today is a very special cover reveal for the Josh Pachter-edited anthology, Happiness is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles. What makes it so special? I can hardly believe I am typing this, but this collection will...
