Recent Reviews

A Quartet of Mystery – 4 Mini Reviews from BOLO Books

From the Booking Desk: Continuing my new plan to post mini-reviews together in the hopes of creating cross-over readers in a selection of sub-genres, this week we have 4 short reviews - three historicals and a contemporary police procedural. But these books have links...

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Hide Away – The BOLO Books Review

Every so often the crime fiction canon welcomes a new character who is instantly iconic. There is no easy formula for making this happen; otherwise it would not be nearly as rare an occurrence as it is. In theory, it is likely some elusive combination of character...

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The Lucky One – The BOLO Books Review

With the release of four novels under her wings – The Black Hour, Little Pretty Things, The Day I Died, and Under a Dark Sky – Lori Rader-Day has established herself as one of the most consistently-excellent and thoroughly-unpredictable writers of crime fiction. Part...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Karen Ellis – A BOLO Books Guest Post

From The Booking Desk: I have long been a fan of Katia Lief's writing output, so I am thrilled to have her here on the blog today. Wait? What's that? Ah, yes the header of this post says we are getting a guest post from Karen Ellis. Sorry for the confusion. Allow me...

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John T. Bychowski – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From The Booking Desk: My first knowledge of John Bychowski was as "that tall guy taking excellent photographs at the crime fiction conventions." Fortunately, he and I had a chance to talk a bit during the graveyard tour before one of the recent Bouchercons (Raleigh,...

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BOLO Books’ Top Book Covers of 2017

From the Booking Desk: Yep, it's another list! This time I am talking about my favorite crime fiction book covers of the year. What I am most excited to say is that not only are these all great covers, the words within live up to the hype generated by their covers....

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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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