by Kristopher | Apr 16, 2015 | Review
No one can claim that Catriona McPherson plays it safe with her writing. Few authors today take as many risks as Catriona does in terms of genre, style, tone, and the various other components of writing. Even in her Dandy Gilver historical mystery series, McPherson...
by Kristopher | Apr 14, 2015 | Guest Posts
From The Booking Desk: When the first Lucy Campion book came out in 2013, I was an instant fan of Susanna Calkins. You can find the BOLO Books review of A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate here. Susanna is back this week with the third novel featuring Lucy. I am...
by Kristopher | Apr 10, 2015 | Review
The idea of a crime novel which taps into the social zeitgeist of the moment is hardly a new concept. But the fact that the public’s attention span is always getting shorter means that there is constantly a new social ill worthy of being addressed through today’s...
by Kristopher | Apr 7, 2015 | Review
With the first two books in the Gabriella Giovanni series (Blessed are the Dead and Blessed are the Meek), Kristi Belcamino built a firm foundation on which to solidify her crime fiction career, but in book three – Blessed Are Those Who Weep – readers will realize...
by Kristopher | Apr 2, 2015 | Review
There has been tremendous buzz in the crime fiction community over Bryon Quertermous’ debut novel, Murder Boy – and rightfully so. Quertermous has created a work which exists simultaneously as both a classic example of the noir thriller and as a unique dark comedic...