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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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Comfort in books

  • Submitted: 2nd August 2020

Reading to make you feel better. Comfort in books - Readers of this blog will realise that I've been off line for several weeks now. 2020 is proving to be…

Blood red thriller set in London by Rod Reynolds

  • Submitted: 12th July 2020

Travel to the city of Blood That Rod Reynolds is a dark horse! For three books now I've been amongst gangsters and all kinds of dangerous characters deep in the…

Translated fiction set in Sweden Inlands by Elin Willows

  • Submitted: 9th July 2020

Inlands - Northern Sweden's hinterland A young woman from Stockholm relocates to her boyfriend’s home town, a small village in the far north of Sweden. The relationship has ended by…

Icelandic Political thriller by Lilja Sigurðardóttir

  • Submitted: 6th July 2020

Politics in Iceland... Now before you think a novel set in the world of politics isn't for you think again. The cut -throat world where a woman is made to…

Spirited tales set in Weymouth by Julie Cohen

  • Submitted: 3rd July 2020

A ghostly visit to Weymouth and India Set mainly in Dorset with passing visits to India, this is not a book for location seekers.   However, it's a very atmospheric book…

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The Art of a Lie

1749: A cat and mouse thriller in 18th century London

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