Blogs in January 2023

Short novel set in County Wexford, Ireland

Short novel set in County Wexford, Ireland 9th January 2023

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, short novel set in County Wexford, Ireland. Booker Prize shortlisted, 2022.   Small Things Like These is set in the run up to Christmas 1985, in the fictional town of New Ross,...

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Novel of family dysfunction set in London

Novel of family dysfunction set in London 6th January 2023

I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait, novel of family dysfunction set in London. This is a novel that kept coming up on my Social Media feeds and it always caught my eye because of the terrific...

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Talking Location With … Julie Houston: Farnley Tyas (Huddersfield)

Talking Location With … Julie Houston: Farnley Tyas (Huddersfield) 5th January 2023

#TalkingLocationWith... Julie Houston: Farnley Tyas – Woodsome Valley – Huddersfield. Author of A Village Affair. My maternal grandmother was born at Sandhurst military academy into an army family, her parents and ancestors having never previously ventured any further north...

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Crime thriller set in and around DARTMOOR

Crime thriller set in and around DARTMOOR 4th January 2023

Devil’s Way by Robert Bryndza, crime thriller set in and around Dartmoor. #audiobook Kate is an ex police officer working as a PI, taking on cases with the support of her younger colleague Tristan. She happens to get caught...

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Thriller set in WW2 BERLIN

Thriller set in WW2 BERLIN 3rd January 2023

Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow, thriller set in WW2 Berlin.   This is no. 2 in the Horst Schenke wartime thriller series and can be read as a stand alone. The author guides us into the heart of...

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