Recent Reviews

The Birthday Girl – The BOLO Books Review

Melissa De La Cruz’s The Birthday Girl is a perfect summer read – fast-paced and easy-to-read with short chapters and plenty of unexpected revelations. Readers who have experienced any of the vast number of books in the De La Cruz oeuvre know to expect a pop-culture...

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Careful What You Wish For – The BOLO Books Review

If Alfred Hitchcock guest-edited Martha Stewart Living, the result might look something like Hallie Ephron’s latest novel, Careful What You Wish For. This domestic suspense novel focuses on a professional organizer who finds herself completely tangled up in the...

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Lady in the Lake – The BOLO Books Review

One year after releasing Sunburn – her slim and deft ode to the noir aesthetic – Laura Lippman once again pivots to provide readers with something completely different, something that defies categorization, something utterly beguiling. Make no mistake, Lady in the...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

David Brown – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: David Brown is a Deputy Director of Publicity at Atria Books, a division of Simon and Schuster. He also happens to be one of the early champions of my BOLO Books blog. He has been responsible for publicity campaigns for the likes of John...

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APB – Fall 2017

From the Booking Desk: This is the ninth 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...

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Sherry Harris – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From The Booking Desk: I first met Sherry Novinger Harris at one of the Chesapeake Chapter Sisters in Crime events. Later we talked at Malice Domestic. Since then, our paths have crossed fairly regularly and I am always delighted to get a chance to chat with this...

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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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