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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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Novel set in Shakespeare’s Stratford

  • Submitted: 19th December 2020

Enter the Shakespeare world of Hamnet What if you could go back in time and visit Shakespeare. Find out why he wrote the play Hamlet. Discover what his life was…

Romanian Noir – Zodiac by Anamaria Ionescu

  • Submitted: 16th December 2020

Romania Noir – Meet The Zodiac We're all familiar with Scandi Noir, Tartan Noir and all the Noirs in between. This is the new kid on the block and Romanian…

Book Your Holiday This Christmas

  • Submitted: 13th December 2020

Bookish Holidays this year Well we can't travel for real can we. So what's the next best thing? Travelling via books that's what. There's some fine novels out this year…

Novel set in a haunted home in Vermont – Riley Sager

  • Submitted: 11th December 2020

Riley Sager is home before dark... Novel set in a haunted home in Vermont - Riley Sager - It's a Sager situation I found mysel in with this book. What…

Have yourself a very Swedish BookChristmas

  • Submitted: 9th December 2020

Christmas time in the Swedish bookstores Have yourself a very Swedish BookChristmas  - There's lots happening in Stockholm's bookstores at the moment as Sweden gears up for Christmas. The Christmas…

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The Darkening Globe

1597: Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…

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