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  • Location: The Cotswolds, Carsely (fictional)

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin 1)

2000s: Agatha Raisin moves to the Cotswolds and bakes quiche to make friends. Then murder comes a calling.

  • Location: Yorkshire

Dying in the Wool – (Kate Shackleton 1)

1920s: A fictional mill village of Bridgestead, Yorkshire, but based on the real life village of Cottingley. And it’s always a treat going back to…

  • Location: Botswana, Gabarone

The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #4)

2000s: Oh there’s a bit of competition for Precious in this one….and who can resist the idea of a typing school for men?

  • Location: Istanbul

The Istanbul Puzzle

2000s: This is a booktrail waiting to happen. There’s  photographs and a trail in the book itself and the author tweets regularly about the locations…

  • Location: Botswana, Gaborone

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #2)

2000s: Alexander McCall Smith holds the country close to his heart – he has spent time in both Botswana and lived for a time in…

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Just a Little Dinner

2025: Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes

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