Recent Reviews
American Fire – The BOLO Books Review
Monica Hesse’s American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land is a non-fiction book examining a string of arsons that plagued a Virginia county in the Fall of 2012 and Spring of 2013. In looking at the case from first burning ember through to conviction,...
Anatomy of a Scandal – The BOLO Books Review
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines anatomy as “a separating or dividing into parts for detailed examination” and scandal as “a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it,” which makes...
The Wife – The BOLO Books Review
“Misunderstandings don’t happen when a situation is black and white. They only happen when there are shades of gray, when there could be two different versions of the same damn thing.” (Burke, The Wife) Few art forms examine society’s ills as incisively as does crime...
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Recent Articles
Laura Lippman @ The Ivy Bookshop
From The Booking Desk: Last November, I read the new Tess Monaghan novel by Laura Lippman. Since then, I have anxiously awaiting the time when the public at large would be able to experience Hush Hush. That moment is now upon us. Last night, Laura Lippman appeared...
Lies That Bind –
The BOLO Books Review
When Maggie Barbieri’s Once Upon a Lie first appeared, readers did not know what to expect. Here was a dark, contemporary thriller from an author best known for her light-hearted cozy mystery series. All doubts vanished once the novel was read however. And now, the...
Fear the Darkness –
The BOLO Books Review
Becky Masterman’s debut novel Rage Against the Dying was published in 2013 to little fanfare. The critical response was immediately positive, causing readers to begin to discover this new talent. Eventually, the novel started to rack up award nominations and wins...
