Recent Reviews

The House Uptown – The BOLO Books Review

Melissa Ginsburg’s debut novel, Sunset City, was released in 2016 to great acclaim and amassed a cult following of fans who can still recall the joys of discovering a skilled wordsmith at the dawn of her crime writing career. It has been a hot minute, but 2021 has...

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Arsenic and Adobo – The BOLO Books Review

While it is not the work for which she received the William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant for unpublished writers, Mia P. Manansala’s Arsenic and Adobo feels so authentically from her soul, readers will recognize how this is the novel Manansala was destined...

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The Appeal – The BOLO Books Review (UK Edition)

Voracious readers know there are many excellent books released every year, but that finding something that has never been done before is rare. Janice Hallett’s The Appeal may fit that bill. Certainly we have seen epistolary novels and works that incorporate email...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Pam Stack – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From The Booking Desk: Pam Stack is the talent behind the Authors on the Air podcast - which is only a small part of the way she strives to spread the love of books, reading, writing, and the people involved in the literary community.  As it happens, a collection of...

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BOLO – Week of October 7, 2018

From The Booking Desk: Another week and another list of new books. Featured this week are everything from literary fiction to cozy crime; from classics to modern psychological suspense. ______________________________________________________________________ Lou Berney...

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Christine Gentes – A BOLO Books Composite Sketch

From the Booking Desk: Christine Gentes is a fellow book blogger who I was fortunate enough to meet at last year's Malice Domestic Blogger Get-Together. Blogging requires a huge commitment of time and I am thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of others in that...

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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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