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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Recent Interviews

Sophie Littlefield – Interview

From The Booking Desk: Today we are joined by Sophie Littlefield for an interview about her new novel Blood Bond and her career up to this point.  Sophie Littlefield is the the author of many books across different genres, so please check out her website for more...

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Recent Articles

Tracy Clark – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

To help celebrate the 10 year anniversary of BOLO Books, I decided to re-launch the extremely popular Composite Sketch feature. As you may remember, these are short interviews containing five very incisive questions that are posed to members of our community -...

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Cover Reveal – Paranoia Blues

From the Booking Desk: Josh Pachter has edited a string of short story anthologies that are inspired by the works of different artists - from Joni Mitchell to Jimmy Buffett. Now he has once again assembled a diverse collection of authors to tackle the discography of a...

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Cover Reveal – The Adventures of the Puzzle Club

From the Booking Desk: Today is the first of two cover reveals this week from the always prolific Josh Pachter. Josh has long had a love of crime fiction's past, and today's reveal with connections to the legendary Ellery Queen is very exciting. Crippen & Landru,...

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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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