September BookTrails Roundup

Well, didn’t September blow in some great books with all those Autumn leaves? September’s the month when the weather gets chillier, the trees start to turn all those glorious colours and there’s no excuse to grab that extra hot chocolate…well if there ever was one!

September BookTrails roundup

So, where to start?

A new Kate Morton is always good news for bookworms and Booktrailers since they’re all so atmospheric with a great sense of place!. A house plays a key role in this novel:

The Clockmakers Daughter

London – On the banks of the Thames…

Kate Morton – The Clockmaker’s Daughter

The story of a house with so many secrets within is something Kate excels at, and in this book the house gets various visitors to it over the years who all have a role to play in the overall story. The overall mystery of how a group of artists should come to the house, and one of them end up dead.

The Murderer’s Ape

A journey at sea, around the world….

Jakob Wegelius – The Murderer’s Ape

Originally in Swedish, this was new in English in September and was Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Month! Funny and engaging in both languages, it might be a children’s book but it’s lots of fun and very engaging! A right rollicking adventure, this one! It will make you want to go out and buy a toy monkey of some description and call her Sally Jones. Have I done this? Now that would be telling 😉

The Labyrinth of Spirits

Barcelona

Carlos Ruiz Zafon- The Labyrinth of the Spirits

Now if you haven’t been lucky enough to visit The Cemetery of Forgotten Books in Barcelona? Then you are in for a treat! This is the fourth and final installment in the series and they do have to be read in order as this is a maze, a labyrinth of clues and twists and of course bookish mysteries. Originally in Spanish, this novel is as captivating in English thanks to the brilliant translation by Lucia Graves. It’s a bulk of a read so take it slow as the loose ends are tied up, characters secrets revealed and at the centre of it all – The Cemetery of Forgotten Books and gothic Barcelona across the years.

Glorious!

The Murder of Harriet Monckton

Bromley, Kent

Elizabeth Haynes – The Murder of Harriet Monckton

There’s something very thrilling about historical fiction based on real life cases. And when the author stumbles upon this story and is so enthralled that she has to tell Harriet’s story – well that is something worth reading. And it makes for a fascinating booktrail across time.

Oslo, Swedish Lapland

Darcie Boleyn – Love at the Northern Lights

What more can you say about a visit to see the Northern Lights as the summer draws to a close and the sky takes on a different colour. You’ve not seen the array of colours here before though! Add in a hunky Norwegian and a little bit of romance and what do you get? A fine read.

These were five of the favourites for this month. What were yours?