Recent Reviews

I Dreamed of Falling – The BOLO Books Review

Julia Dahl began her writing career with an excellent and fascinating series of novels that gave crime fiction readers a glimpse into the Hasidic Jewish community in New York City (Invisible City, Run You Down, and Conviction). She followed this success with a...

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Blood Like Mine – The BOLO Books Review

Stuart Neville’s The Twelve (aka The Ghosts of Belfast) hit the crime fiction world like a ton of bricks in 2009, ushering in a fresh new voice for the genre. For the past fifteen years, Neville has continued to release work that pushes the boundaries of crime...

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Recent Articles

Cover Reveal – Done Gone

From the Booking Desk: Sing it to Her Bones is one of my favorite debut mysteries. In that novel, Marcia Talley introduced readers to Hannah Ives and that character has continued to thrive ever since. Marcia also happens to be one of the biggest supporters of her...

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Cover Reveal – Bitterroot Lake

From the Booking Desk: Leslie Budewitz has won three Agatha Awards: Best First Novel, Best Non-Fiction, and Best Short Story in her career to-date. Never one to rest on her laurels, Leslie is taking on a pen-name to release her first suspense novel in April of 2021....

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Catriona McPherson on Book Titles – A BOLO Books Guest Post

Call Me Ishmael (or, if not, Madam) Titles are hard. Show me a writer saying otherwise, and I’ll show you someone pretending to be a writer for some reason, and doing it badly. But it’s not always as hard as it’s been this time. The Turning Tide was called “New Book”...

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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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