The Other Side of Paradise by Vanessa Beaumont, novel set in the first half 20th Century Northumberland and the Riviera. This novel should be a real success, if there is any justice in the publishing world. It is a...
Nothing Else by Louise Beech, an enriching story of family loss and the healing nature of music. Set in HULL, NYC and on a cruiseship. Nothing Else by award-winning author Louise Beech is set variously in Hull, New York...
Goodnight Tokyo by Atshuhiro Yoshida, nighttime stories set in TOKYO. TR: Haydn Trowell The concept of these short, interconnected stories is interesting. Matsui drives a taxi at night and every morning (as it were, actually the middle of the...
Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan, novel set in later 20th Century Sri Lanka. Longlisted for the Women’s Prize (Fiction) 2024 AND shortlisted for the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. I have recently visited Sri Lanka, and it...
Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack, cosy mystery set in Rome and the Amalfi Coast. This novel takes the reader at a right old clip from Rome to Pompeii, through Sorrento, stopping along the...
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