Recent Reviews
What We Left Unsaid – The BOLO Books Review
Over the course of her career, Winnie M Li has shown that she is never going to shy away from a challenge. By consistently weaving elements from her own life—good, bad, and ugly—into her fictional narratives, Li produces works that ring with genuine authenticity,...
The Grand Paloma Resort
Publishers may choose not to market Cleyvis Natera’s The Grand Paloma Resort as crime fiction, but it will without a doubt please fans of that genre. It contains all the elements that make crime fiction so addictive—death, suspense, red herrings, investigation(s)—all...
The Frozen People – The BOLO Books Review
With The Frozen People, Elly Griffiths takes a detour from her more traditional mystery offerings to write what can be best described as a speculative historical crime novel. It’s a testament to Griffiths storytelling prowess that the resulting cross-genre work will...
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
Sarah M Chen – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: I first met Sarah M Chen when she co-edited two unique anthologies with E. A. Aymar and we did some promotion on the blog. Those volumes--The Night of Flood and The Swamp Killers--are both still favorites of mine and well worth picking up. But...
Cover Reveal – The Virgin Homicides
From the Booking Desk: Catching up with Neil Plakcy at the various crime fiction conventions each year is always a delight. When he told me at Malice Domestic this year that he would be releasing the thirteenth book in his Mahu Investigations series featuring fan...
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....
