Words leave imprints in your mind like footprints in the sand...
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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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…
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…
Vardø's witchtrials, Norway Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcraft. The novel is inspired by a very real story…
Ghostly woods with C J Cooke In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore – old stories of ghosts, of…
Daisy Darker set in Cornwall Daisy Darker is arriving at her grandmother’s house for her eightieth birthday. Seaglass is a crumbling Cornish house perched upon its own tiny private island.…
1953: Mei’s ‘gift’ of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury
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