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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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Bookshops – Forum Books

  • Submitted: 13th July 2014

We have some wonderful booksellers up and down the country whose main passion in life is to ensure each and every one of us finds our perfect read. There is nothing…

Books set in Paris

  • Submitted: 28th March 2014

The world is full of people who love Paris. If you know the city already, you’ll be one of them If you’re about to go there for the first time,…

Letters from a Murderer by John Matthews

  • Submitted: 19th October 2013

Letters from a Murderer is a novel written by John Matthews - about the chance that Jack the Ripper may have escaped and ended up in New York..This is a…

Jackson Brodie’s tour of Edinburgh

  • Submitted: 12th August 2013

Jackson goes to the book festival! In the book ‘One Good Turn’, Kate Atkinson of course features a lot of the action in and around the book festival and the…

A tour of Edinburgh in book covers

  • Submitted: 8th August 2013

I thought I would take you on a short tour of some sights in Edinburgh as depicted on book covers. There are more but I just wanted to keep near…

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The Frozen People

1850, 2025: Travel back in time to solve a crime!

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