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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 Night Ship set in Batavia – Jess Kidd

  • Submitted: 26th August 2022

The Night Ship to Batavia Based on a real-life event, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a…

Lady Joker set in Japan by Kaoru Takamura

  • Submitted: 25th August 2022

Lady Joker set in Japan by Kaoru Takamura Lady Joker Vol 1 set in JAPAN by Kaoru Takamura, translated by Allison Markin Powell and Marie Iide, John Murray Press   …

The Stoning set in Australia – Peter Papathanasiou

  • Submitted: 23rd August 2022

The Stoning - Outback Noir Getting cold where you are?  Let's head to Australia to the setting of The Stoning.  A terrible crime takes place in a small town in…

The Skeleton Key set in London – Erin Kelly

  • Submitted: 22nd August 2022

Skeleton Keys and Literary treasure hunts Fifty years ago, her father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered…

The Spirit Engineer set in Belfast – A J West

  • Submitted: 20th August 2022

Gothic tale of supernatural goings on Based on the true story of Professor William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher. This is a story of spiritualism, séances anda  haunted, twisted…

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