Recent Reviews
This Book Will Bury Me – The BOLO Books Review
With the release of This Book Will Bury Me, Ashley Winstead continues to entertain her legion of fans with her brand of crime fiction—novels that take familiar tropes and twist them just enough to make them feel fresh and unexpected. Winstead consistently manages to...
Murder in the Dressing Room – The BOLO Books Review
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple may be the G.O.A.T. of amateur detection, but she’s not the United Kingdom’s sole contribution to the cozy crime genre. Just recently drag comedian Holly Stars launched contemporary quozy series set within the drag queen culture in...
A Long Time Gone – The BOLO Books Review
Fans of Joshua Moehling’s crime fiction series have been waiting years to witness Ben Packard uncovering the truth about his older brother’s disappearance decades earlier. That moment has finally arrived with the release of A Long Time Gone, the third book in this...
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
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...
Cover Reveal – Dutch Threat
From the Booking Desk: Loyal followers of BOLO Books have likely noticed that I have done several cover reveals for Josh Pachter's short story anthologies--in fact there's another very special one of those coming next Tuesday. But today, I am happy to share with you...
