Recent Reviews

The Undertaker’s Daughter – The BOLO Books Review

The writings of Sara Blaedel remain a treasure trove yet to be discovered by many crime fiction explorers. Her series featuring homicide detective Louise Rick is beloved by fans for its portrayal of the rarely-seen underbelly of Danish society, but with The...

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The Night of the Flood – The BOLO Books Review

It is not easy to come up with new concepts for short story anthologies. In recent years we have seen anthologies based around the music catalog of certain artists – such as Trouble in the Heartland – and those focused on a certain location – such as the Anthony-Award...

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Sunburn – The BOLO Books Review

Sunburn is a Pandora’s box of a novel – looking harmless on the exterior, but ultimately harboring complexity beyond measure within. It represents Laura Lippman’s homage to the masterpieces of noir, while never being anything less than authentic Lippman. Sunburn is...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Cover Reveal – The Skeleton Haunts A House by Leigh Perry

From the Booking Desk: BOLO Books is once again honored to be part of the cover reveal for the new "A Family Skeleton Mystery" from Leigh Perry.  The title of the new book is The Skeleton Haunts a House. If you are unfamiliar with this series, get your bones to your...

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Ricochet – January and February 2015

From The Booking Desk: It is hard to believe that this Ricochet post is only covering the first two months of the year.  I could easily fill up a short Best Of List with some of the reviewed titles here.  In case you missed any of them, here is what has been happening...

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Anthony Award Nomination Procedure 2015

From The Booking Desk: The organizing committee for this year's Bouchercon in Raleigh are trying something new with the Anthony Award nomination procedure. Word of this began to spread yesterday via social media, but they have asked me to post something here on 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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