Recent Reviews
Before She Knew Him – The BOLO Books Review
No one is going to claim that Peter Swanson repeatedly writes the same book. With his fifth novel, Before She Knew Him, he once again takes some familiar tropes and alters them just enough to make them feel fresh. The connective tissue linking all of his novels is...
When You Find Me – The BOLO Books Review
When You Find Me, P. J. Vernon’s debut, has so many elements within that it is hard to imagine a first-time author successfully pulling it off. There are threads dealing with politics, race relations, family dynamics, addiction, mental health, abuse, power, and above...
Blood Orange – The BOLO Books Review
Harriet Tyce’s Blood Orange could easily serve as "Exhibit A" disputing any claim that domestic suspense is less gritty, less dark, and less risky that its noir sibling. Crack the spine on this novel to enter a bleak landscape filled with deeply-rooted violence, poor...
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Recent Articles
Bel Canto Discussion @ Jungle Red
From the Booking Desk: Don't forget that today is the book discussion about Bel Canto over at the Jungle Red Writers blog. Even if you haven't read the book, stop on by as I think that the discussion is one that you will find interesting and just might inspire you to...
Writing Elements Round-Up
From the Booking Desk: Back in 2014, I had a short series of guest posts looking at the various elements of writing. With my growth in followers, I suspect that many folks missed these original posts, so I am sharing them here again. Also, if any authors have interest...
2016 Stats
From the Booking Desk: I am often asked how I decide what to review. This is far too complicated a process for me to distill into one blog post, but in 2014 I started to post an analysis of how I obtained the books I ended up reviewing. Here is the data for 2016....
