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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 Transparency of Time set in Cuba – Leonardo Padura

  • Submitted: 28th September 2023

The Transparency of Time set in Cuba - Leonardo Padura Mario Conde is facing down his sixtieth birthday. What does he have to show for his decades on the planet? Rescue…

Five Books set in Paris

  • Submitted: 26th September 2023

Books set in Paris France is always popular in books as it is in real life. There's some stunning countryside, amazing cities and the food? Ah that might be the…

The Book of Beginnings set in London – Sally Page

  • Submitted: 25th September 2023

The Book of Beginnings - London Jo Sorsby knows she is hiding from her past when she steps in to look after her uncle’s stationery shop. She watches her customers…

Novel set in Calabria – The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna

  • Submitted: 22nd September 2023

Author Juliet Grames and her Italian story A novel which explores the life of a woman living in the rural Italian countryside who dares to want more than the expected…

The Foreign Girls – crime fiction set in Argentina – Sergio Olguin

  • Submitted: 21st September 2023

The Foreign Girls - Sergio Olguin IF you haven't read any books by this top Argentinian author then get him on your radar right now. This is one topical and…

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Murder at Mount Fuji

2000sL Oh you will not forget THIS visit to Mount Fuji

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