Recent Reviews

Gallows Rock – The BOLO Books Review

In Gallows Rock, the fourth book in Yrsa Sigurdardoittir’s "Children’s House" series, a traditional site for executions during ancient times becomes the harrowing location for a modern-day Icelandic murder. For this outing, the main character is Detective Huldar, but...

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Hold Me Down – The BOLO Books Review

A former music journalist (and musician, for that matter), Clea Simon successfully wove that milieu into her 2017 stand-alone crime novel, World Enough, set in Boston’s underground club scene. Now four years later, Simon is releasing Hold Me Down, another stand-alone...

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Mango, Mambo, and Murder – The BOLO Books Review

Like all corners of the crime fiction community, the cozy mystery sub-genre has recently seen an influx of new, diverse voices creating a sense of vitality and freshness that will hopefully bring more readers to the entire breadth of this incredibly multi-faceted...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

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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BOLO – Week of September 30, 2018

From The Booking Desk: I took a short break from these Monday Morning posts before, during, and after Bouchercon - but this week we are back!  And this might just be the most diverse list of crime fiction titles in one Monday BOLO post yet. There is literally...

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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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