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  • Location: Ikaria, Greece, Milan, Italy, France, Marseille

The Long Fall

1981, 2000s: This takes you on an actual backpacking tour to Greece from the UK and via France and Italy. The journey the protagonist is…

  • Location: Venice, Italy, London, England

A Night on the Orient Express

2000s: As it says on the cover – A new life is just a ticket away! Oh well that is just music to our ears…

  • Location: Lake Como, Oxford

Summer at the Lake

2000s: Lake Como. Enough said. Oh and Erica James spends a lot of time there so really knows the intricacies of this picture postcard scene!

  • Location: Sicily (fictional Vigata) Porto Empedocle

The Age of Doubt (Montalbano 14)

2000s: Inspector Montalbano suspects wrongdoing in Vigàta harbour – and the waters are very dark indeed.

  • Location: Sicily (fictional Vigata)

The Shape of Water (Montalbano 1)

2000s: This book is the first mystery in the Montalbano series and one which is particularly nice to visit for real!

Featured Book

The Nightingale’s Castle

1573: Inspired by the true story of  ‘The Blood Countess’

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