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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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Cahokia Jazz set in Illinois – Francis Spufford

  • Submitted: 17th November 2023

Cahokia Jazz set in Illinois - Francis Spufford Welcome to Cahokia Cahokia, the ancient indigenous city beside the Mississippi living on as a teeming industrial metropolis, filled with people of…

Spanish Thriller set in Northern Spain

  • Submitted: 16th November 2023

Spanish Thriller set in Northern Spain Another Spanish set thriller for you today. Not yet out in English but I wanted to share it with you as if you read…

Spanish thriller set in New York – Snow Girl – Javier Castillo

  • Submitted: 15th November 2023

Spanish thriller set in New York This author should be on your radar. Top Spanish thriller writer Javier Castillo. The Snow Girl is being published at the end of the…

The Smell of Fear – Spanish thriller set in Valencia

  • Submitted: 13th November 2023

The Smell of Fear - Spanish thriller set in Valencia Starting the Spanish fiction week on The BookTrail - this is a really cool thriller that I had the pleasure…

Bookreview- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans

  • Submitted: 10th November 2023

Explore the fashion centre of 1920s Paris Historical fiction- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans - Oh if you really wanted to explore the fashionable focus that was Paris…

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The Winter Visitor

1991: Essex in February. Cold enough to catch your death.

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