Recent Reviews

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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The Wife Between Us – The BOLO Books Review

Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s The Wife Between Us continues the domestic suspense boom readers have noticed in crime fiction publishing of late. Theirs is the story of a marriage, the story of an affair, and the story of the truth between these two commonplace...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Finding Sky –
The BOLO Books Review

It is a universal law that you can’t hide anything from your mother. Some sixth sense exists in all mothers which allows them to hone in on the very details you are trying to obfuscate. So, when readers pick up Susan O’Brien’s debut novel, Finding Sky, it will not...

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September 2014 Ricochet –
BOLO Books Monthly Recap

From The Booking Desk: September was a great month here at BOLO Books. Thanks for stopping by again. Check out all the great Fall books, some interesting interviews, and more.     Reviews (alphabetical by Title) Broken Monsters Made For You Rage Against The...

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Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie, and Fall for the Book

From the Booking Desk: Last night, I attended my first event at Virginia's Fall for the Book festival. This is a yearly week-long festival which takes place primarily on the campus of George Mason University.  Since it is quite a commute for weekday travel, I haven't...

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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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