Recent Reviews

A Very Bad Thing – The BOLO Books Review

Columbia Jones is a celebrated novelist known around the world. While on tour, she speaks to huge crowds as her daughter Darian (who is also her publicist/personal assistant) and Riley Carrington (a journalist working on a major profile of the author) watch from the...

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The Dark Wives – The BOLO Books Review

Ann Cleeves has written ten Vera Stanhope novels, all of which have been adapted by the Vera television series. It was announced earlier this year that the Vera television adaptations starring the one-and-only Brenda Blethyn would come to an end after the next season....

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Death at the Sanatorium – The BOLO Books Review

With Death at the Sanatorium, Ragnar Jónasson continues to entertain readers with crime stories that feel both classic and contemporary simultaneously. Like last year’s Reykjavik—which he co-wrote with the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir—the mystery at...

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Recent Interviews

Hank Phillippi Ryan – BOLOBooks Interview

From the Booking Desk: I am a huge fan of the Charlie McNally series by Hank Phillippi Ryan.  Refusing to rest on her laurels, last year Hank launched an ambitious new series with The Other Woman.  No surprise, she succeeded once again and the book has gone on to win...

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Frankie Y. Bailey –
BOLOBooks Interview

From the Booking Desk: Way back in my undergraduate days, I was an English major with a primary focus on minority literature.  This meant that I was reading many African American, Latin American, and Native American authors; but it also meant that I was reading (and...

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Susan M. Boyer – BOLOBooks Interview

From the Booking Desk: BOLOBooks is happy to welcome Susan M. Boyer to the blog today.  Susan's first novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the Agatha Award for best first novel and the follow-up will officially be released shortly (but Susan has tweeted that copies are...

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Recent Articles

Rupert Holmes Interview for Authors on the Air

This afternoon, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing the creative genius that is Rupert Holmes. I was invited to be the guest interviewer by Pam Stack and we, of course, talked about his excellent new novel MURDER YOUR EMPLOYER. While the official interview is...

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S. A. Cosby – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: There is no question in anybody's mind that S. A. Cosby is a superstar of the crime fiction genre. It is an honor to have him here participating in the Composite Sketch series. I first met Shawn at a local MD/DC/VA Noir at the Bar event shortly...

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L.A. Chandlar – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

You would be hard-pressed to find a nicer person in the crime fiction community than Laurie L.A. Chandlar. Besides writing excellent and award-nominated historical mysteries, she is also a huge supporter of and champion for her fellow authors. I have had the pleasure...

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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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