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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 Uganda – Kololo Hill by Neema Shah

  • Submitted: 7th February 2021

Ugandan intrigue on Kololo Hill This novel is set during Idi Amin's Ugandan Asian expulsion of 1972. That's quite the setting. quite the premise. Given the importance and nod to…

Novel set in California – Inga Vesper

  • Submitted: 3rd February 2021

Enjoy a long long afternoon in Sunnylakes, California Get ready to travel back in time. It's the summer of 1959, and the well-trimmed lawns of Sunnylakes, California, wilt under the…

Nordic Noir set in Oslo – Smokescreen Enger and Horst

  • Submitted: 31st January 2021

Oslo's smokescreen There's a duo in Nordic crime writing that you really should get to know if you haven't already. The kings of Nordic Noir are  Jørn Lier Horst  and…

Gothic mystery set in Bath

  • Submitted: 24th January 2021

The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell A struggling silhouette artist in Victorian Bath seeks out a renowned child spirit medium in order to speak to the dead - and…

Deity – Six Stories set in the Cairngorms

  • Submitted: 22nd January 2021

Deity by Matt Wesolowski A mystery and a death of a superstar - where there are six 'witnesses' but no one knows the truth. This is the kind of story, told…

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Just a Little Dinner

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