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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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Stockholm, Paris, NYC- The Red Address Book of Sofia Lundberg

  • Submitted: 11th January 2019

There's a red address book with a life lived tucked inside Stockholm, Paris, NYC- The Red Address Book of Sofia Lundberg takes you on quite an emotional journey... Many of…

Book set in London – BlackBerry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton

  • Submitted: 9th January 2019

A novel of historical fiction set in London's Spitalfields market BlackBerry and Wild Rose, Sonia Velton is an evocative, immersive read and very well written. It's a fictional account of the…

Five books set on the beach – A BookTrail Literary Tour

  • Submitted: 8th January 2019

Beach reads set on at the seaside The first Travel Tuesday in January and that means the world needs some books set on a beach. The media is full of…

Book set in Brussels – The Man with No Face, Peter May

  • Submitted: 7th January 2019

A crime novel set in the EU corridors of power and intrigue At a time where Europe is in the news more than ever, this is a very timely novel.…

Book set in Ireland – A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O’Mahony

  • Submitted: 6th January 2019

A novel of love, loss, family and Irish history Ireland is about to be torn apart by the War of Independence. A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O'Mahony is the…

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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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