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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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Five Book Covers where Location is Key

  • Submitted: 5th May 2023

Places on book covers I look the cleverness of book covers nowadays. There are some really ornate and creative covers out there and don’t even get me started on the…

The Birdcage Library set in Scotland, NY and London

  • Submitted: 4th May 2023

Birdcage Library by Freya Berry A mystery lies hidden within an old book... It's 1932 and Miss Littlewood, a female adventurer is invited to a huge castle in Scotland to…

Best BookTrail of the Month – April 2023

  • Submitted: 2nd May 2023

Best BookTrail of the Month - April 2023 There were so many contenders for this month. A BUMPER month of good books. There was always going to be one that…

Our Hideous Progeny set in Crystal Palace – CE McGill

  • Submitted: 1st May 2023

Our Hideous Progeny What a title. What does it mean I asked myself.Well, progeny is 'a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring' but you put…

Children of the Sun set in the Adirondacks – Beth Lewis

  • Submitted: 28th April 2023

Children of the Adirondacks Just listen to this blurb. I immediately wanted to go to the Adirondacks. Not to join a cult, but well, the one in this book was…

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The Darkening Globe

1597: Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…

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