Recent Reviews

Christmas Presents – The BOLO Books Review

Lisa Unger continues to mine the depths of psychological suspense to extend her impressive oeuvre with a holiday-themed novella, Christmas Presents. Bookstore owner Madeline Martin anticipated that the biggest stresses of the holiday season would be staffing her...

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The BOLO Books Most Wanted List (2010-2023)

From the Booking Desk: When I post my Top Reads list each year, I never actually rank the books and I rarely used to mention what my very favorite book is for any given year. This is largely because it is never as cut and dried as it might seem. There are so many...

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The Christmas Guest – The BOLO Books Review

If you like your Christmas tales to be wholesome and filled with happiness and joy, Peter Swanson’s The Christmas Guest is not the book for you. With this novella, Swanson casts a hypnotizing spell over the reader with a plot that is equal parts gripping narrative and...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Kim Powers – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

The pandemic has certainly put many things into perspective and changed our daily routines. You have no doubt noticed that the Composite Sketches have been less consistent here on BOLO Books. That said, today we have a wonderful example of why this "simple"...

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BOLO*MUSINGS Update

Earlier this week, Dru Ann Love and I posted our second video for our new BOLO*MUSINGS YouTube Channel. In this one, we discuss 12 of our favorite books from the first half of the year - January to June 2020. It seemed only fair that since we launched the channel in...

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A New Venture…

In this time of social distancing, Dru Ann Love and I have decided to launch a new joint venture. The BOLO*MUSINGS YouTube Channel For those of you who have enjoyed -- or wish you could have enjoyed -- hearing Dru Ann and I talk about crime fiction at various...

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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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