Blogs in June 2025

Talking Location With ….Linda Newbery: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Talking Location With ….Linda Newbery: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 7th June 2025

#TalkingLocationWith … Linda Newbery, author of The One True Thing – Northamptonshire (and Mumbai) At the centre of my novel is a large Edwardian house, home to the Harper family. That might sound like the set-up for a Big...

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Cosy crime set in PLYMOUTH and DERBYSHIRE

Cosy crime set in PLYMOUTH and DERBYSHIRE 6th June 2025

A Crime Through Time (Miss Darcy Investigates) by Amelia Blackwell, cosy crime set in PLYMOUTH and DERBYSHIRE   Miss Darcy Investigates: A Crime Through Time by Amelia Blackwell is the first in a series of cosy crime novels. The...

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Talking Location With … Jane Johnson: CORNWALL

Talking Location With … Jane Johnson: CORNWALL 5th June 2025

#TalkingLocationWith ... Jane Johnson, author of Secrets of the Bees set in CORNWALL SECRETS OF THE BEES is set in one of the hidden bits of West Cornwall, one of the out-of-the-way places only the locals know about. From...

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Crime fiction set in NEW ENGLAND

Crime fiction set in NEW ENGLAND 4th June 2025

Death Rites by Sarah Ward, crime fiction set in NEW ENGLAND Death Rites by Sarah Ward is a crime fiction novel set in a fictional college in a New England town. Carla James is recently widowed and has relocated...

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Novel set in 1971 – an overland trip from Turkey to Afghanistan

Novel set in 1971 – an overland trip from Turkey to Afghanistan 3rd June 2025

The Travellers’ Tales by Alastair Cairns Hull, novel set in 1971 – an overland trip from Turkey to Afghanistan. Last year one of my top rated books was Overland by Yasmin Cordery Khan, which takes the reader on a...

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