Recent Reviews
What We Left Unsaid – The BOLO Books Review
Over the course of her career, Winnie M Li has shown that she is never going to shy away from a challenge. By consistently weaving elements from her own life—good, bad, and ugly—into her fictional narratives, Li produces works that ring with genuine authenticity,...
The Grand Paloma Resort
Publishers may choose not to market Cleyvis Natera’s The Grand Paloma Resort as crime fiction, but it will without a doubt please fans of that genre. It contains all the elements that make crime fiction so addictive—death, suspense, red herrings, investigation(s)—all...
The Frozen People – The BOLO Books Review
With The Frozen People, Elly Griffiths takes a detour from her more traditional mystery offerings to write what can be best described as a speculative historical crime novel. It’s a testament to Griffiths storytelling prowess that the resulting cross-genre work will...
Recent Interviews
Neliza Drew – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: When the likes of Erin Mitchell, Josh Stallings, Hilary Davidson, and Thomas Pluck are raving about an author or book, it behooves one to investigate. This is how I first discovered Neliza Drew and her new novel. Immediately taken with Neliza's...
Wendy Walker –
The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: Wendy Walker's novel, All is Not Forgotten, will be released on July 12. If you follow entertainment news, you have likely already heard about this book because of the film option made on it by Reese Witherspoon. Trust me when I say that this is...
Mark Billingham @ The Ivy Bookshop
From The Booking Desk: Last night at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, Mark Billingham entertained a loyal crowd with an assist from Laura Lippman. Anyone who has ever heard Mark speak knows that the man can’t resist a good one-liner to keep the audience on their toes....
Recent Articles
Cover Reveal – The Skeleton Rides a Horse (and other stories)
From the Booking Desk: Both Toni L.P. Kelner (aka Leigh Perry) and Crippen & Landru Publishers have been longtime supporters of BOLO Books, so when I was asked if I would be interested in hosting the cover reveal for Toni's new short story collection, it was an...
Catriona McPherson on Tidying Up – A BOLO Books Guest Post
From the Booking Desk: The one-and-only Catriona McPherson has been visiting BOLO Books with Guest Posts for each of her new releases almost since the beginning days of this blog--almost 12 years ago. We can always count on her to put a smile on our faces, to reveal...
Cover Reveal – Anna Hoyt
From the Booking Desk: Anytime there is a new Dana Cameron book, it's time for readers to get excited. Dana Cameron is one of the most exciting authors in the crime fiction genre because you just never know what you are going to get from her: archeological mystery...
