by Kristopher | Feb 18, 2020 | Review
If you take the writings of Mary Higgins Clark, Victoria Holt, the Brontës, and Han Christian Andersen and mix them in a blender, the resulting concoction could serve as the building blocks for Carol Goodman’s oeuvre, the latest of which – The Sea of Lost Girls–...
by Kristopher | Feb 14, 2020 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: It is nice to be able to use the Composite Sketch profiles to feature people who haven’t previously been on the blog. I have been a fan of Priscilla Royal’s medieval crime novels for years now, but she and I have not yet met. That...
by Kristopher | Feb 11, 2020 | Review
From the Booking Desk: Continuing my new plan to post mini-reviews together in the hopes of creating cross-over readers in a selection of sub-genres, this week we have 4 short reviews – three historicals and a contemporary police procedural. But these books have...
by Kristopher | Feb 7, 2020 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: My respect for Verena Rose knows no bounds. Even before joining the Malice Domestic Board, I was always impressed with how professionally that convention runs – and so much of that is due to Verena’s work as the Convention Chair. As...
by Kristopher | Feb 5, 2020 | underCOVER
There are so many people in our crime fiction community that do so much for us all. When those people reach out to me asking if I can help with something, the answer is always YES. Case in point, The Malmons – Dan and Kate. They visited the blog when Killing...
by Kristopher | Feb 4, 2020 | APB
Time for another entry in this incredibly popular feature here at BOLO Books – The APB (All Points Bulletin).As always, competition for these slots was tough. Which books are generating that elusive buzz in the publishing industry? Which are books that I personally...
