Recent Reviews

The Missing American – The BOLO Books Review

Most people are aware of the existence of scammers working out of impoverished foreign locations, using technology for a nefarious purpose, but it takes a forward-thinking writer such as Kwei Quartey to take readers behind the scenes of these “operations,” exposing...

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The BOLO Books Most Wanted List (2010-2019)

From the Booking Desk: When I post my Top Reads list each year, I never actually rank the books and I rarely mention what my very favorite book is for any given year. This is largely because it is never as cut and dried as it might seem. There are so many factors that...

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More Catching Up – Another Collection of Reviews

From the Booking Desk: During the holiday season, it is always tough to keep up with blogging work along with all the demands of the day job, family obligations, festive appointments, and just general life. But I don't want to let the days pass without mentioning a...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Tracy Fenton – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: Many of you probably know - or know of - Tracy Fenton via her wonderful Facebook "group," THE Book Club (TBC) which launched in 2015. To say that this secret group became a bit of a juggenaut would be a vast understatement and that is due in no...

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Let’s celebrate another year!

From the Booking Desk: Today marks 5 years of BOLO Books!  Where has the time gone? When I started BOLO Books in October of 2012, I had no idea how much joy and fulfillment it would bring to my life. Books have always been a central focus for me and to be able to help...

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Laura McHugh – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: There was no Composite Sketch last week because of Bouchercon - the International crime fiction convention. The plan is to skip only Bouchercon week and Malice Domestic week for this feature, so that will give us all 50 Composite Sketches each...

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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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