Blogs in February 2024

Heart-warming novel set in North London

Heart-warming novel set in North London 13th February 2024

Frank and Red by Matt Coyne, heart-warming novel set in North London.   Red (otherwise known as Leonard), age 6, moves in to the house next door to Frank. Red’s mum is separated from his father and his father...

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Dark thriller set in PARIS

Dark thriller set in PARIS 12th February 2024

The Messenger by Megan Davis, dark thriller set in PARIS. “Rosamund Lupton meets Lupin”: This is the strap-line that drew me to this novel, as I like both the novelist’s work and Lupin on TV. There is indeed a...

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WIN a publisher’s book box

WIN a publisher’s book box 9th February 2024

WIN a publisher’s book box in our GIVEAWAY! Containing a paperback copy of The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, together with a bag of exotic sweets and a bookmark. The novel is set in INDIA HOW TO ENTER You...

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Novel set in fictional ARDNAKELTY (West Coast IRELAND)

Novel set in fictional ARDNAKELTY (West Coast IRELAND) 8th February 2024

The Hunter by Tana French, novel set in fictional Ardnakelty, West Coast Ireland. If you love a novel about small community dynamics in rural Ireland then this is for you. It also reminded me a little of the film...

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Novel set in MANCHURIA and JAPAN

Novel set in MANCHURIA and JAPAN 7th February 2024

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo, novel set in Manchuria and Japan. “…A lifetime of coincidence is spinning them together, or perhaps it’s the fate of a fox god that has reunited them.” The Fox Wife is the third...

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