Recent Reviews
The Frozen People – The BOLO Books Review
With The Frozen People, Elly Griffiths takes a detour from her more traditional mystery offerings to write what can be best described as a speculative historical crime novel. It’s a testament to Griffiths storytelling prowess that the resulting cross-genre work will...
Can You Solve the Murder? – The BOLO Books Review
The first “Choose Your Own Adventure” novel—The Cave of Time—was published in 1979, setting in motion an almost two-decade publishing journey. Young readers at the time discovered a new way to experience the act of reading, by becoming part of the story. At critical...
Home Before Dark – The BOLO Books Review
The Forbidden Iceland series (The Creak on the Stairs, Girls Who Lie, Night Shadows, etc.) by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir features one of the most complex and addictive narrative arcs readers are likely to find—not just in Icelandic crime fiction, but in crime fiction in...
Recent Interviews
Deanna Raybourn – The BOLO Books Interview
From The Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Deanna Raybourn to BOLO Books for this launch day interview. The first novel is her new Victorian mystery series, A Curious Beginning, is out today. If you missed my spoiler-free review of this wonderful series debut,...
Paul Cleave – The BOLO Books Interview
From the Booking Desk: Please join me in welcoming Paul Cleave to BOLO Books. Paul has written a series of loosely connected novels set in New Zealand and today marks the publication of his new stand-alone novel, Trust No One. Read on to find out how Paul organized...
BOLO Books interviewed by The Mysteristas
From the Booking Desk: At this year's Malice Domestic, I ran into Cynthia Kuhn, who happens to be a member of the Mysteristas blog. She asked is I would like to stop by for an interview and of course, I said yes. Here is just a sampling of one of the great questions...
Recent Articles
We Are What We Read – Episode Ten Available
Episode Ten of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. On this episode, my co-host Shawn Reilly Simmons and I are joined by guests Valerie (V. M.) Burns, Annette Dashofy, Clair Lamb, Tara Laskowski, K. T. Nguyen, and Deb Wells. The...
I am an Agatha Award Nominee!
From the Booking Desk: For those that did not hear, yesterday the board of Malice Domestic announced the nominations for this year's Agatha Awards. It is a stellar list all around, but I am thrilled to say that "Ticket to Ride" the short story I wrote in collaboration...
We Are What We Read – Episode Nine available
Episode Nine of my new YouTube vlog WE ARE WHAT WE READ is now available for you to enjoy. In this special episode, the focus is on short stories, with some very talented practitioners of the form who also happen to know a lot about the history of the short story. On...
