Recent Reviews

The Overnight Guest – The BOLO Books Review

The winter months are the perfect time to read The Overnight Guest, Heather Gudenkauf’s newest thriller teeming with suspense, shocks, and plenty of snow. Throughout her career, Gudenkauf has proven herself adapt at crafting complex storylines that rarely proceed in...

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Burying the Newspaper Man – The BOLO Books Review

Thousands of books are published every year and yet the reading public only becomes aware of a small cross-section of those titles. Marketing teams at the big publishers and the limited space at mainstream media outlets often dictate how widespread knowledge of a...

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Real Tigers – A BOLO Books Surveillance Review

Real Tigers is the third full-length novel in Mick Herron’s Slough House series. While the first two books in the series laid the important groundwork, it is in Real Tigers where all the various elements come together to create a near-perfect spy novel. Real Tigers...

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Recent Articles

Charles Todd – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: The name Charles Todd might as well be a synonym for excellence. This mother-son writing duo never fail to satisfy their fans, whether they are writing a book in one of their two series, a stand-alone, a short story, an essay, or likely even...

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BOLO – Week of January 27, 2019

From The Booking Desk: It looks like it's going to be a winter week for much of the U.S., so the timing is right for some great book. Three very different novels this week; something that will appeal to everyone. Gregg Hurwitz – Out of the Dark (Minotaur, Hardcover,...

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Terri Bischoff – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From The Booking Desk: Terri Bischoff is one of my favorite people in the crime fiction community. She and I first crossed paths because of her work with Midnight Ink and mine here with the blog, but my fandom quickly expanded to include much admiration of Terri - the...

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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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