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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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Thriller set in Hastings and London – The Closer I Get – Paul Burston

  • Submitted: 4th May 2019

A psychological, social-media thriller by Paul Burston Paul Burston -The Closer I Get - a novel for the social media and digital media age. One which may well make you…

Novel set in Singapore – How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

  • Submitted: 3rd May 2019

A Singapore tale - How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and…

Book set in Syria and England: The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri

  • Submitted: 2nd May 2019

A novel of immigration, set from Aleppo across Europe to England Book set in Syria and England: The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri  - "In the midst of war, he…

Travel writing – Underland by Robert Macfarlane

  • Submitted: 1st May 2019

Underground secrets of our hidden planet. Underland digs deep in travel writing. Underland - Robert McFarlane has done something very unique. He's written a travel book about the wonders of…

Five books set in the woods

  • Submitted: 30th April 2019

The scariest woods in fiction #BookTrailLiterarySettings When you're a crime writer, the woods are a place of extreme interest. There's scope to get lost, get trapped, or kidnapped......plus there's plenty…

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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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