Blogs in June 2022

Dual timeline novel set mainly in NEW YORK

Dual timeline novel set mainly in NEW YORK 7th June 2022

That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan, dual timeline novel set mainly in New York, 1955 and 1975. The chapters almost alternate between 1955 and 1975. An apartment in 1955 sees Dovie and Gillian living together, two women...

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Novel set in RHODE ISLAND

Novel set in RHODE ISLAND 6th June 2022

Ocean State by Stewart O’Nan, novel set in Rhode Island. Well, the hardback book cover really caught my eye, so I picked this novel up with enthusiasm. This is the story of mum, Carol, and of her two young...

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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of GOSHAWK SUMMER – NEW FOREST

GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of GOSHAWK SUMMER – NEW FOREST 5th June 2022

Giveaway: 3 copies of Goshawk Summer by James Aldred, set in the New Forest. In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Goshawks in the New Forest, his childhood home....

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Talking Location With author Mark Ellis – WW2 LONDON

Talking Location With author Mark Ellis – WW2 LONDON 4th June 2022

#TalkingLocationWith... Mark Ellis, author of Dead in the Water, set in WW2 LONDON Researching Frank Merlin’s Wartime London I write a series about DCI Frank Merlin, a Scotland Yard detective working in World War 2 London. There are five...

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Romance novel set in FEZ

Romance novel set in FEZ 3rd June 2022

The Moroccan Daughter by Deborah Rodriguez, romance novel set in Fez. You may have come across the author’s delightful novel The Little Coffee Shop in Kabul which garnered great reviews. The writing in The Moroccan Daughter feels thus very...

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