Recent Reviews

Fierce Kingdom – The BOLO Books Review

Gin Phillips’ Fierce Kingdom manages to succeed as both a thriller and a mediation on motherhood – not an easy task by any stretch of the imagination. Fierce Kingdom is a slim volume in terms of page count, but certainly not when it comes to understanding the maternal...

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Blessed are the Peacemakers – The BOLO Books Review

Over the course of four novels, Kristi Belcamino has put Gabriella Giovanni through the wringer. Having faced off against a serial killer, dealt with her boyfriend being accused of murder, suffered through a heart-breaking miscarriage, and later the kidnapping of her...

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Did You See Melody? – The BOLO Books Review

Motherhood has been a recurring theme in Sophie Hannah’s crime fiction oeuvre from the very beginning. In novels like Little Face, The Cradle in the Grave, The Orphan Choir and A Game For All the Family, among others, Sophie Hannah has dissected the various...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Agatha Award Winners – 2013

From The Booking Desk: Below is the list of winners (and other nominees) for this year’s Agatha Awards.   Winners are listed in bold.  Awards were announced at this year’s Malice Domestic Conference held in Bethesda, Maryland on May 3-5, 2013. Scheduling Update: ...

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Fangs Out (BOLO Review)

April brings the release of Fangs Out, by David Freed.  No, this is not the next book in the sparkling vampire trend that has swept the nation.  Fangs Out is the second novel in David Freed’s Cordell Logan mystery series.  While there are indeed dead bodies, I can...

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Canadian Author Passes Away

From the Booking Desk: I was very sad to read this morning that A.S.A. Harrison, the author of the forthcoming The Silent Wife, has passed away.  While the cause of death has not been mentioned, the Toronto Star has a brief article on A.S.A. Harrison. The Silent Wife...

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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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