by Kristopher | Jan 10, 2020 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Penni Jones was a fan of BOLO Books for some time before she approached me asking if I would consider blurbing her book, Kricket. While I don’t always accept these requests, there was something about Penni and the premise of her novel that...
by Kristopher | Jan 8, 2020 | Review
While probably not intentional, it is fitting that there is a reference to length in the title of Liz Moore’s latest work, Long Bright River. This is an epic book in all meanings of the word. Clocking in at just about 500 densely-packed pages, the novel is a serious...
by Kristopher | Jan 7, 2020 | Review
There is a long tradition of crime fiction being inspired by true life crimes. This runs the gamut from direct fictionalizations of actual cases to plots that simply harken back to various aspects of the cases that proved the launching point for the writing. Jess...
by Kristopher | Jan 6, 2020 | Review
Most people are aware of the existence of scammers working out of impoverished foreign locations, using technology for a nefarious purpose, but it takes a forward-thinking writer such as Kwei Quartey to take readers behind the scenes of these “operations,” exposing...
by Kristopher | Jan 3, 2020 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: The beauty of conventions like Bouchercon and Malice Domestic is that it allows readers to be introduced to new writers – some of the start of their careers, others further in. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Gale Massey at the St....
by Kristopher | Dec 26, 2019 | Review
From the Booking Desk: When I post my Top Reads list each year, I never actually rank the books and I rarely 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 factors that...
