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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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Danish-infused cosy crime set in Northumberland

  • Submitted: 24th April 2024

Helle and Death - Oskar Jensen Danish-infused cosy crime set in Northumberland. This is just the kind of cosy crime. With hints of Denmark and Northumberland, a country mansion and…

Celebrate Spain’s day of books – St Jordi

  • Submitted: 23rd April 2024

St Jordi - the love of books! There's a very special day in the Spanish literary calendar. A day where you give someone a book! It used to be the…

Puzzle book set in London

  • Submitted: 22nd April 2024

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers- Samuel Burr Believe me when I say you have never read a novel like this before. It's a puzzle of a puzzle inside another puzzle Where…

Romance set in Dorset’s Kittiwake Cove

  • Submitted: 19th April 2024

Romance set in Dorset's Kittwake Cove A ray of sunshine in book form. Dorset and Barcelona here I come! Kittwake Cove might be fictional but it's not when you visit…

Historical fiction set in London

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The Grand Illusion - Syd Moore Historical fiction inspired by the War Office response to the Nazi obsession with the occult... Now is that not enough to want to make…

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