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Books set in Alaska, New York and Scotland at Christmas

  • Submitted: 7th December 2018

There are many books set at Christmas. There are certain locations around the world such as Alaska and Lapland where you might expect to spend time in a Christmas novel.…

Books set in Copenhagen, The Chestnut Man, Soren Sveistrup

  • Submitted: 6th December 2018

The Chestnut Man is a book set in Copenhagen by Soren Sveistrup There are many books set in Copenhagen and other Scandi cities which are cold and calculating in equal…

A magical book set in Swedish Lapland

  • Submitted: 5th December 2018

A Winter Beneath the Stars by Jo Thomas A magical book set in Swedish Lapland. A real wintery wonderland. See the Northern Lights and more! It's a Christmas feast for…

A BookTrail love of Iceland – Books, Travel and Trails

  • Submitted: 4th December 2018

TheBookTrail  ran a competition recently which highlighted all that was good and wonderful about Iceland. Iceland has some stunning and rather fantastic crime fiction both set in Iceland and/or written…

A magical novel set along the banks of the Thames

  • Submitted: 3rd December 2018

Once upon a River...by Diane Setterfield... A magical novel set along the banks of the Thames.... The best of stories start with the words "Once upon a time....' Those words…

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