Recent Reviews

Hold The Dark – A BOLO Books Television Review

Regardless of whether you classify it as Alaskan noir, a revenge thriller, or metaphysical suspense, the new Netflix original movie Hold the Dark will maintain your interest from first frame to final shot. Based on William Giraldi’s well-reviewed novel of the same...

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The Druid of Death – The BOLO Books Review

In June of 2014, the character of Sherlock Holmes and the world-building that surrounds him was decreed by court order to be in the public domain. This freed up writers such as Richard T. Ryan to expand upon the existing canon with new stories featuring these iconic...

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Lies – The BOLO Books Review

Domestic suspense was once the sole domain of female writers – which is sadly also why it was often sneered at by so-called “serious readers” of crime fiction; but more and more, male authors are exploring what their version of domestic suspense looks like. Take for...

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Recent Articles

The Force Awakens…

From the Booking Desk: To celebrate the release of the 3rd official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I have decided to upload a quick and fun blog post. First up, in case you are one of the two people who have not yet seen it, here is the newly released...

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Bouchercon 2015 Raleigh Recap – Part Three

From the Booking Desk: As lovely as all the author and friend interactions at Bouchercon are - and believe me, there is nothing lovelier - we can't forget that we are all at the convention because of our love of the written word. There are so many books to be had at...

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Bouchercon 2015 Raleigh Recap – Part Two

From the Booking Desk: In Bouchercon 2015 Raleigh Part One, I covered Wednesday - Friday. Now I would like to talk a bit about Saturday and Sunday. Part Three (and the final part) of this series will be a post about the most coveted books I obtained while at the...

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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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