Recent Reviews
Midsummer Mysteries – The BOLO Books Review
Midsummer Mysteries (edited by Martin Edwards) is a short story anthology produced by members of the Crime Writers’ Association. Despite that organizations aim toward celebrating British crime writing, their anthologies often include authors based in other...
Burn This Night – The BOLO Books Review
On paper, Burn This Night would seem like an impossibly complex tale more inclined to confuse than to entertain, so the fact that Alex Kenna successfully makes it work while also managing to maximize the emotional payoff is testament to her skills as a writer. Readers...
Granite Harbor – The BOLO Books Review
Granite Harbor is the latest novel from Peter Nichols, a critically-acclaimed writer of non-fiction and other works. This is a crime fiction work that straddles the line between genre and literary in a successful way. Granite Harbor is a quiet community located in...
Recent Interviews
Liz Nugent –
The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: Today, I am happy to welcome Liz Nugent to BOLO Books. Liz is the author of Unravelling Oliver. If you missed the review of Unravelling Oliver, check it out before continuing on to this wonderful interview with Liz Nugent. I suspect you will...
Lisa Alber –
BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: I first "met" Lisa Alber via the comments section on the Jungle Red Writers blog. Those that follow BOLO Books know that I frequent that wonderful site run by a great collection of female authors. I was even asked by Hank Phillippi Ryan to...
BOLO Books Interviews –
So Far…
From the Booking Desk: I realized recently that my list of followers has grown tremendously since I first started the blog in late 2012. I thought that it might be a good idea to compile a list of the interviews I have done into one post, in case some of you missed...
Recent Articles
Cover Reveal – Sanctuary Motel
From the Booking Desk: Alan Orloff graciously agreed to be one of my first guest on WE ARE WHAT WE READ, so when he asked me if I would be interested in hosting the cover reveal for his new novel (coming in October from Level Best Books), I quickly said yes....
We Are What We Read Episode 1 Available
If you follow me on social media, you have no doubt heard about my new initiative, We Are What We Read, so I am excited to tell you that the inaugural episode is available now. Over the next 12 months, 8 members of our crime fiction family (new folks each month) will...
Cover Reveal – Because the Night
From the Booking Desk: I am thrilled to host the cover reveal for the new Henry Malone novel from James D. F. Hannah. James and I have been friends for a number of years and invariably make sure to meet up when we are attending the same convention. As always, I am...
