Marriage Portrait set in Florence – Maggie O’Farrell
Lucrezia Duchess of Ferrera Marriage Portrait set in Florence - Maggie O'Farrell - The Marriage Portrait is a wonderful novel. It's set deep in the heart of the Italian Renaissance…
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Nordic Noir – The Cabin by Jørn Lier Horst
Thriller set in Norway - a remote cabin in the woods It's been fifteen years since Simon Meier walked out of his house, never to be seen again. And just…
Crime fiction set in Iceland – Deceit – Jónína Leósdóttir
Icelandic crime fiction .A novel written by a new and exciting voice in Icelandic crime fiction. Jónína Leósdóttir is very well known in her native country - she's a novelist, playwright…
Deadly Triangle set in England and Canada – Susan Goldenberg
A Deadly Triangle of a true story The 1935 murder of architect Francis Rattenbury, designer of the iconic Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial…
Scandi Noir set in Denmark – A Harmless Lie Sara Blaedel
A Harmless Danish Lie by Sara Blaedel I haven't read or reviewed a Sara Blaedel book in a while and I was getting Danish withdrawal SO I decided to head…
