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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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Best Book (Trails) of July

  • Submitted: 1st July 2022

Best books out in July 2022 Grab your passports and forget about losing your luggage as the only thing you need for these literary holidays is a good book! Of…

French gothic crime set in Paris by Eric Fouassier

  • Submitted: 30th June 2022

The Office of Occult Affairs Eric Fouassier I hope this French thriller is translated soon as the English language world NEEDS this novel! Here I go again reading a foreign language…

Getaway thriller set on a Greek Island Ross Armstrong

  • Submitted: 27th June 2022

Getaway to a Greek island One private island. Seven guests. One killer…Now if that is not a tagline I don't know what is. This book intrigued me as I have…

Indie Bookshop Week

  • Submitted: 26th June 2022

Independent BookShop Week What a week! A whole seven days where bookshops up and down the country celebrate all that is good and valuable about book havens, the people who…

Folkloric White Hare tale set in Cornwall – Jane Johnson

  • Submitted: 23rd June 2022

Jane Johnson and Cornwall's White Hare In the far west of Cornwall lies the White Valley, which cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea at White Cove. The…

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The Darkening Globe

1597: Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…

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