Recent Reviews

The Stranger Diaries – The BOLO Books Review

If you’ll permit me... Along with writing two popular series, Elly Griffiths has decided that it is time to add a stand-alone psychological suspense novel to her repertoire. That novel is The Stranger Diaries and is currently available overseas and will appear in the...

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The Ruin – The BOLO Books Review

The epigraph at the beginning of Dervla McTiernan’s debut novel exposes the complexity of the book’s title alone. Whether one calls it The Rúin – as it was originally called in Ireland – or The Ruin – the less exotic title given to the novel by its English-speaking...

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Kingdom of the Blind – The BOLO Books Review

Despite plans to take a year off from releasing a new Three Pines novel, Louise Penny surprised her fans by announcing that Kingdom of the Blind would indeed be released before year’s end. Every book in the series feels personal, but because the basis of this new...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Crime Fiction Panel at The Ivy Bookshop

February 20, 2016.     The Ivy Bookshop   Crime Fiction Writing Panel Ed (E.A.) Aymar, Stacia Decker, Nik Korpon, Sujata Massey, Art Taylor Last night, The Ivy Bookshop hosted a very entertaining and informative panel on the writing of crime fiction. The illustrious...

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APB – Winter 2016

From The Booking Desk: This is the third post in this new feature here at BOLO Books – The APB (All Points Bulletin). Once again, competition for these slots was tough and the winter reading season is going to be spectacular. Even if you only read a few of these books...

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Wendy Tyson interviews Kristopher Zgorski

The Thrill Begins, the blog associated with the International Thriller Writers (ITW) society, is devoting this week to an examination of crime fiction critics and the support they provide to authors and readers. I was honored when Wendy Tyson asked to interview me...

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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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