The Little Men – A BOLO Books Short Story Review

Vintage Hollywood and Megan Abbott is like Chocolate with Strawberries – a perfect pairing. Megan has already shown readers that she can write damn fine novels (such as Dare Me, The Fever, and Bury Me Deep) and she has written one of my favorite overlooked short...

Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes –
A BOLO Books Short Story Review

Anyone who has read Karin Slaughter’s work knows that she rarely pulls any punches. Writing some of the most intense and realistic crime fiction out there, it will come as no surprise that her latest short story, “Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes” follows this same formula....

The Warning – A BOLO Books Short Story Review

When it comes to exposing the odd inner workings of the human mind, Sophie Hannah always manages to make the extreme seem much more common place than any of us would like to think. In her new work, The Warning, Sophie Hannah examines the concept of the sociopath from...

Summer Rain – A BOLO Books Short Story Review

There are currently over twenty books in Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks mystery series – with more on the way. The critical and fan reception of these novels increases with each new title. Later this month, Robinson releases an e-only short story featuring...

Dark City Lights – The BOLO Books Review

The authors in the new Lawrence Block-edited anthology, Dark City Lights: New York Stories, were tasked with writing short stories set in New York City. The resulting stories are as diverse as the city itself. These stories represent everything from gritty to...