Blogs in June 2025

Mystery set mainly in LAS VEGAS and LONDON

Mystery set mainly in LAS VEGAS and LONDON 18th June 2025

The Penthouse by Catherine Cooper, mystery set mainly in Las Vegas and London. This story is set in the glamorous (and at times cutthroat) world of the music industry. Back in 2008 Enola fronted “Breathe”, a successful girl band....

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Five Great books about Bonny and Read – Women Pirates of the CARIBBEAN

Five Great books about Bonny and Read – Women Pirates of the CARIBBEAN 18th June 2025

Five Great Books about Bonny and Read – women pirates of the Caribbean. While male pirates dominate popular imagination, the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy (roughly 1650-1730) saw a handful of audacious women embrace the pirate life....

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Talking Location With Kelli Estes – The West Highland Way, SCOTLAND

Talking Location With Kelli Estes – The West Highland Way, SCOTLAND 17th June 2025

#TalkingLocationWith ... Kelli Estes, author of Smoke on the Wind – The West Highland Way, Scotland I blame it on the Jacobite Steam Train. There I was, standing on a hillside with my family, shivering in the cold wind,...

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The Book of SANA’A (A City In Short Fiction)

The Book of SANA’A (A City In Short Fiction) 16th June 2025

The Book of SANA’A (A City In Short Fiction), edited by Laura Kasinof. This is part of a series, with new city titles regularly added to the collection. The publisher brings together short stories written by authors who are...

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Novel set in Overijssel 1961

Novel set in Overijssel 1961 13th June 2025

The Safe Keep by Yael Van Der Wouden, novel set in Overijssel 1961.   Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025. I was prompted on several occasions to read this novel, given that it is has made it...

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