Recent Reviews

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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Little Voices – The BOLO Books Review

Vanessa Lillie is wasting no time in making a name for herself in the crime fiction community. She is active on the social media aspects of the business, attends events for and with our tribe, and her debut novel, Little Voices, from Thomas & Mercer was chosen for...

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The Sisters – The BOLO Books Review

Cops and lawyers are a mainstay of crime fiction, so when readers discover that Dervla McTeirnan’s new novella, The Sisters – released exclusively as an Audible Original – revolves around siblings in these professions, it is not a shock. Since this is an Ireland-set...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Stop By Career Authors

From the Booking Desk: The wonderful Hank Phillippi Ryan recently asked me to submit a guest post for the new industry blog she is working with - Career Authors. This will be of particular interest to authors who are looking to pitch their novels to book review blogs...

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BOLO Books’ Top Reads of 2017

From the Booking Desk: Now that it has been announced that I will be awarded the MWA Raven Award in 2018, one might think compiling a list of Top Reads would come with even more pressure, but in all honestly, I have always taken this task very seriously - debating my...

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Jill Maxick – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: I was first introduced to Jill Maxick - virtually - by Judy Bobalik, who was convinced that I needed to be reading Seventh Street Books' output. She was right! Jill and I maintained a social media friendship until this past Bouchercon in Toronto...

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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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