Recent Reviews

Splinter the Silence –
The BOLO Books Review
(UK Edition)

The best crime fiction often reflects on the society in which we live. Few authors can so successfully tap into the zeitgeist as can Val McDermid. With Splinter the Silence, McDermid returns to her most popular series characters – Carol Jordan and Dr. Tony Hill – and...

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The Girl Without a Name –
The BOLO Books Review

Last February, Sandra Block introduced readers to Dr. Zoe Goldman in Little Black Lies, one of the strongest debut mysteries of the year. Now, Zoe has returned in The Girl Without a Name. While some things in Zoe’s life are different, what has remained the same is the...

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Violent Ends –
The BOLO Books Review

One book, seventeen chapters, seventeen different authors. If your first thought is that this can never work, you would be forgiven, but in actually it does work and in the case of this new young adult novel, it works very well indeed. Violent Ends was conceived by...

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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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