Recent Reviews
The Last Mandarin – The BOLO Books Review
To the uninitiated, Louise Penny writing a political thriller may seem incongruous, but it doesn’t take much digging to understand just how natural a progression the release of The Last Mandarin actually is. As far back as The Nature of the Beast, readers began to see...
My Husband’s Wife – The BOLO Books Review
My Husband’s Wife is Alice Feeney’s addictive eighth novel, in which she continues to showcase her unparalleled skills at crafting the unexpected twist within crime plots that straddle the delicate line between realism and ridiculousness. Alice Feeney’s stock-in-trade...
Cover Reveal – On the Road with Del & Louise
From the Booking Desk: Back in 2015, Art Taylor published his novel-in-stories--On the Road with Del & Louise--to great acclaim. That book would go on to win the Agatha Award for Best First novel. Unfortunately, the book has been out of print for a while now, so...
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
All the Colors of the Dark – The BOLO Books Review
The epic scope of a tale like Homer’s The Odyssey resonates universally because at its core it is simply the story of man on a journey home—albeit a circuitous route fraught with peril and temptation at every unplanned turn. While it is a completely different type of...
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...
