Recent Reviews

An Unexplained Death – The BOLO Books Review

The Belvedere is a historic building constructed in 1903 and located on North Charles Street in downtown Baltimore. This landmark’s "Beaux Arts" style architecture has resulted in many iconic photographs across its history. Once a hotel catering to the hoity-toity...

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Beyond the Truth – The BOLO Books Review

Fans of police procedurals should definitely be reading the books of Bruce Robert Coffin. His Detective Byron mystery novels set in Portland, Maine present accurate depictions of all aspects of the law enforcement profession and they continue to grow stronger with...

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The Skeleton Makes a Friend – The BOLO Books Review

Readers would be forgiven for assuming that a novel featuring an ambulatory skeleton as an amateur detective might not address too many real-world issues, however, Leigh Perry’s Family Skeleton series repeatedly proves that just because a book features paranormal...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Another Visit with the Reds

From The Booking Desk: The ladies of Jungle Red Writers have invited me to stop by the blog again today. More specifically, Roberta Isleib (Lucy Burdette) approached me about leading an online book club discussion online for them. And since I can never turn down the...

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Catriona McPherson – A BOLO Books Guest Post

From The Booking Desk: Catriona McPherson and I have had several conversations where we discussed the challenges with series books - both writing and reading them. Both of us do enjoy reading series books from the beginning, but we have also experienced cases where we...

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My Top Authors of 2016 Share Books They Love

From the Booking Desk: Last week, I posted the BOLO Books Top Reads of 2016 list. Each of those books would make wonderful holiday gifts for the readers in your life. But that got me to thinking about what books from 2016 these authors might suggest as highlights of...

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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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