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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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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…

Gothic mystery set in Edinburgh Ambrose Parry

  • Submitted: 4th November 2023

Edinburgh of The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry Gothic and deliciously dark novel of historical medicinal magic set in 1847, in Victorian Edinburgh. It’s from the pen of…

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Just a Little Dinner

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