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A collection of book reviews, literary travel journeys and best books set in posts

Literary journeys – Look here for books set in a whole range of locations and settings grouped together

BookTrail of the Month – the best book(trail) an author has taken us on

Literary Packages – what are the best books with a strong sense of setting or location for each month?

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Books set in snowy climates

  • Submitted: 9th November 2021

Novels set in snowy climates A lovely little book popped into BookTrail towers recently which inspired this post. Fifty Words for Snow is a book about how snow is thought…

A novel return to Berkshire Anita Frank

  • Submitted: 8th November 2021

Travel to Berkshire with Anita Frank A visit to a Berkshire farm is your travel destination for today. Anita Frank writes about a man who leaves for war having made…

Travel to Dublin for a Railway Murder

  • Submitted: 7th November 2021

Thomas Morris recreates Victorian Dublin murder A true Victorian crime brought to life in a historical novel? Yes please! The true crime was a murder at the Broadstone railway terminal in…

From Bronte Country to London with The Red Monarch

  • Submitted: 4th November 2021

Bella Ellis' London with the Bronte Sisters We're back to Haworth in Yorkshire with the Bronte sisters today. Imagine if they had been real life detectives! They are off to…

Best Book (trail) of the Month – October

  • Submitted: 1st November 2021

Best book of October for the Booktrailing potential Best Book (trail) of the Month – October - This has been the month of the spooky reads perfect for dark nights.…

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Exit Wounds

2024:  Dead men sometimes do tell tales

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