Recent Reviews
The Girl in Cell A – The BOLO Books Review
With The Girl in Cell A—his first standalone crime novel and his first book set in the United States—Vaseem Khan leaves a mark on psychological suspense that even veterans of the subgenre can only dream of. By carefully controlling the narrative, and in particular,...
The Tenant – The BOLO Books Review
Freida McFadden continues her string of incredibly addictive, fast-paced thrillers with the release of The Tenant. McFadden is so skilled at taking tried and true tropes—in this case, the roommate from hell—and turning them into delightfully twisted tales that feel...
Death on the Island – The BOLO Books Review
For a nation with very little violent crime of its own, Iceland continues to produce some of crime fiction’s rising superstars. New to the genre—although hardly an unknown entity—Eliza Reid is dropping her debut novel in early May. For those who don’t follow Icelandic...
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
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...
2023 – The Year in Statistics
From the Booking Desk: It has been an interesting year in so many ways. My wish for each of you is that no matter what you accomplished (or didn't) this year, I hope you took a moment to celebrate yourself and know that your family and friends love you. The world is a...
