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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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Spanish thriller set in New York – Snow Girl – Javier Castillo

  • Submitted: 15th November 2023

Spanish thriller set in New York This author should be on your radar. Top Spanish thriller writer Javier Castillo. The Snow Girl is being published at the end of the…

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…

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