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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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Feel festive with fiction this travel tuesday

  • Submitted: 3rd December 2019

BookTrail an escape with a book at Christmas Now that title can be read in two ways. A book can allow you to immerse yourself in the Christmas build up…

Crime fiction set in Paris – Hysteria by L J Ross

  • Submitted: 2nd December 2019

A Paris adventure for Alex Gregory Crime fiction set in Paris - Hysteria by L J Ross - There's a jaunt to Paris this time for Alex Gregory. He's barely…

Magical mystery set in New York – The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern

  • Submitted: 1st December 2019

BookTrail Travel The Starless Sea with Erin Morgenstern Magical mystery set in New York - The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern - A novel that is set in.... New York city…

TheBookTrail roundup of Travels via books in November

  • Submitted: 29th November 2019

BookTrail Travels with books in November There were some fine journeys with books this month! Whoah! Where did I go? There was a visit to a desert and a very…

Novel set in Baghad – Daughter of the Tigris by Muhsin Al-Ramli

  • Submitted: 28th November 2019

Daughter of the Tigris by Muhsin Al-Ramli Translated fiction - Qisma leaves for Baghdad with her husband-to-be to find the body of her father. However, this is Baghdad during war time…

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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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