September 2014 Ricochet –
BOLO Books Monthly Recap

From The Booking Desk: September was a great month here at BOLO Books. Thanks for stopping by again. Check out all the great Fall books, some interesting interviews, and more.     Reviews (alphabetical by Title) Broken Monsters Made For You Rage Against The...

Some 2014 Anthony Award Nomination Reviews

From the Booking Desk: Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach is roughly a month and a half away. Since the Anthony Awards will be presented at the conference, I thought it might be a good idea to re-run my reviews of those nominated titles which have been highlighted here on...

All Day and A Night –
The BOLO Books Review

Alafair Burke is the type of writer who knows how to tap into the collective societal psyche and pluck out just the right hot-button topic around which to build a thrilling crime procedural.  She has done it time and time again and things are no different with her...

The Fever –
The BOLO Books Review

From The Booking Desk: I am electing to run this review a week earlier than intended in the hopes that it will encourage readers to preorder the novel.  Megan Abbott is just one of many authors who are affected by the ongoing dispute between Hachette Publishing and...

True Detective –
BOLO Television Review

With shows ranging from The Sopranos and The Wire to Boardwalk Empire and now True Detective, HBO has proven that they know how to choose crime-related television projects.  With only the first episode, True Detective has set itself as the bar by which future shows of...