Recent Reviews

Your House Will Pay – The BOLO Books Review

Steph Cha’s Your House Will Pay is an instant classic: a novel that sets fire to reader expectations thereby igniting a revolution hell-bent on change, using the embers to expose our flawed humanity and the ashes to fuel our souls. No words in this review can do...

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The Remaking – The BOLO Books Review

There is a special kind of joy in picking up a book one has only the sparsest knowledge of and finding inside a brilliantly conceived “plot” that makes one wonder how no one had thought of this before. The quotes around plot are intentional, because while The Remaking...

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Carved in Bone – The BOLO Books Review

Michael Nava published the first mystery featuring Henry Rios, A Little Death, in 1986 and the last, Rag and Bone, in 2001. Both of these novels and the five in-between were all released well before our contemporary efforts to embrace diverse voices within the crime...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

BOLO – Week of January 1, 2018

From The Booking Desk: Happy New Year! I trust that everyone had a wonderful holiday break. I have missed you all. We are about to head into a very inspiring book release cycle - so many great books coming this winter. First up, these new releases available TODAY....

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Mia Manansala – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: Mia Manansala first came to my attention when she won the 2017 William F. Deeck - Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers presented at the Malice Domestic Agatha Award Banquet. As soon as I heard the details about her manuscript in...

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Happy Holidays!

From the Booking Desk: Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season and a very Happy New Year. Things will be a bit quieter than normal around here this week, but do check back on Friday for a wonderful Composite Sketch. Things will return to schedule on January 2nd. If...

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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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