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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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The Smell of Fear – Spanish thriller set in Valencia

  • Submitted: 13th November 2023

The Smell of Fear - Spanish thriller set in Valencia Starting the Spanish fiction week on The BookTrail - this is a really cool thriller that I had the pleasure…

Bookreview- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans

  • Submitted: 10th November 2023

Explore the fashion centre of 1920s Paris Historical fiction- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans - Oh if you really wanted to explore the fashionable focus that was Paris…

Literary fiction set in Tokyo -A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto

  • Submitted: 9th November 2023

A Quiet Place set in Tokyo - Seicho Matsumoto While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart…

Five Books set in Hollywood

  • Submitted: 8th November 2023

Books set in Hollywood The city of Angels has some glitzy corners. Dark ones too. Let's go on a very interesting tour of the city that you think you know…

True crime – Under the Bridge – Rebecca Godfrey

  • Submitted: 6th November 2023

Under the Bridge This was a tough read. A very tough read. I remember this story being in the Canadian press. I was in Canada for the first time and…

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