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Swedish thriller with Pascal Engman and Johannes Selåker

  • Submitted: 20th November 2023

Swedish thriller - Pascal Engman, Johannes Selåker Not long out in Sweden so hopefully this series will soon be translated into English. Engman and fellow author Johannes Selaker have joined…

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…

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The Society of Unknowable Objects

2010, 2015, 2017: A secret society in a basement has been quiet for decades…..

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