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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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Inborn – a novel set in Norway by Thomas Enger

  • Submitted: 23rd March 2019

Now that the crime festival in Norway has just taken place, you might be feeling bereft at the thought. On The BookTrail today is a book set in Norway and…

Thriller set in Santiago, Chile – Dark Echoes of the Past by Ramón Díaz Eterovic

  • Submitted: 21st March 2019

Translation Thursday…Ramón Díaz Eterovic The first novel by multiple-award-winning Chilean author Ramón Díaz Eterovic to be translated into English—a landmark event for fans of crime fiction. The blurb got that…

Book set in Cuba – Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

  • Submitted: 20th March 2019

A Reese Witherspoon book club pick A novel from which the aroma of the sugar plantations can be tasted of every page. This Book set in Cuba - Next Year…

Five books perfect for Mother’s Day set in England

  • Submitted: 19th March 2019

There is a very special day this weekend. A day to celebrate mothers and mother figures. So what better time than this Travel Tuesday to celebrate some places where you…

Newcastle Noir BookTrails!

  • Submitted: 18th March 2019

The BookTrail has allowed me to do many things and go to many places, but I never thought I would be guiding literary tourists around my home town! For this…

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An Enigma by the Sea

2025: A couple vanishes from a locked villa….

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