Recent Reviews

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...

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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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The Widows of Malabar Hill – The BOLO Books Review

Sujata Massey burst on the crime fiction landscape in 1997 with her award-winning debut, The Salaryman’s Wife. This was followed by several more critically-acclaimed novels in the Rei Shimura mystery series. In 2013, Massey took a brief detour to explore India’s past...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Azar Nafisi @ The Ivy Bookshop

Last night, humanities dynamo Azar Nafisi spoke at The Ivy Bookshop in Mt. Washington, Maryland. Nafisi, the celebrated author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, is on a book tour for her latest non-fiction gem, The Republic of Imagination. Azar Nafisi’s remarks for the...

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Ricochet – October and November 2014

From The Booking Desk: It has been a busy two months here at BOLO Books.  Bouchercon happens every Fall and that tends to dominate coverage here at the blog, but there were also some really great books reviewed. In case you missed anything, here is quick recap.  ...

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Bouchercon 2014 Recap – Saturday and Sunday
(Part Two)

From the Booking Desk: Yesterday, I posted my recap of the first few days of Bouchercon.  Now, let’s take a look at the weekend itself. Saturday – The morning started with another time-keeping session for me. This time it was the Teen Angst panel. Joelle Charbonneau...

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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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