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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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BookTrail Travels in March

  • Submitted: 2nd March 2020

Readers, dear readers, there are some books you are going to want to read immediately coming out this month. Books so good you are going to want to take time…

Crime mystery set in New Zealand by Vanda Symon

  • Submitted: 1st March 2020

Containment set in Dunedin A crime mystery where setting plays a major role. This is the story of a crime which could only take place in a coastal town: a…

German crime fiction set in Hamburg – Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz

  • Submitted: 27th February 2020

Bookreview of Mexico Street Cars are burning all over Hamburg and Chastity Riley, Public Prosecutor wants to know why. It's a tough case and where do you start?There doesn't seem…

Books set on the road – roadtrips BookTrail style

  • Submitted: 25th February 2020

Books which take you on a journey - #BookTrailLiterarysettings All books take you on a journey but some do it better than most. Some books involve a roadtrip of sorts…

Novel set in Belarus – The Slaughterman’s Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits

  • Submitted: 22nd February 2020

Bookreview of The Slaughterman's Daughter Novel set in Belarus - The Slaughterman's Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits - The townsfolk of Motal, an isolated, godforsaken town in the Pale of Settlement,…

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The Troubled Deep

2024: The Brindley family go missing. Years later their car is found submerged and the family are nowhere…

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