Recent Reviews

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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Still Catching Up – Another Collection of Reviews

From The Booking Desk: You may be seeing countless lists of favorite 2019 books (including BOLO Books' own Top Reads of 2019 rundown), but there are still reviews from the year I haven't yet been able to post. Here are three more for newly released books that are all...

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Top Reads of 2019 According to BOLO Books

From the Booking Desk: I read so many wonderful books in 2019 that crafting a Top Reads list was especially challenging. As I have always done, I took this task very seriously and really struggled to make sure the list commemorates my favorite books of the year....

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Recent Articles

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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Donna Andrews – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: Because Donna Andrews is relatively local to me, I've gone to many of her book signings over the years. Then once I started going to the crime fiction conventions, I learned how much of a fixture she is in our community - someone we all delight...

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APB – Winter 2018

This is the tenth post for this incredibly popular feature here at BOLO Books – The APB (All Points Bulletin).   As always, competition for these slots was tough. Which books are generating that elusive buzz in the publishing industry? Which are books that I have...

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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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