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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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Ghostly LGBTQ+ novel set in PARIS

  • Submitted: 27th March 2024

Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis Ghostly LGBTQ+ novel set in PARIS. Good sister, bad sister - one last con I mean what a blurb that is! Set in Paris,  we…

Crime fiction set in Savage Ridge, USA

  • Submitted: 25th March 2024

Savage Ridge - Morgan Greene In a small town in the American Pacific North West The tagline of the book is  Why did they kill Sammy Saint John? Now location…

The Midnight House set in Ireland

  • Submitted: 22nd March 2024

The Midnight House set in Ireland This is a book set in a large country manor in County Kerry. It's a house filled with emptiness however. One woman disappears by…

Ghostly Tale set in WALES

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The Shadow Key - Susan Stokes-Chapman Ghostly Tale set in WALES Now, settle in for a very unique and compelling tale. Set in a fictional village in Wales, we spend time…

French novel set in a Burgundy hairdressers

  • Submitted: 21st March 2024

Clara Reads Proust - Stéphane Carlier This is the kind of book to warm your heart as well as making you want to eat French cheese! It's about the power…

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Dark Island

2000s: Midwinter in Orkney. Six hours of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer.

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