Blogs in March 2025

Destination thriller set in CANGGU, Bali

Destination thriller set in CANGGU, Bali 12th March 2025

They Had It Coming by Nikki Smith, a destination thriller set in Canggu, Bali. Indeed the characters in this book do have it coming, what a secretive and unpleasant lot they prove to be. Just deserts are largely meted...

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Novel set mainly in later 20th Century CAIRO

Novel set mainly in later 20th Century CAIRO 11th March 2025

What I Know About You by Eric Chacour, novel set mainly in later 20th Century CAIRO. Translated by Pablo Strauss. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2025; Fiction With A Sense Of Place Tarek has his life...

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Novel set in LAGOS and SOMERSET

Novel set in LAGOS and SOMERSET 10th March 2025

This Motherless Land by Nikki May, novel set in Lagos and Somerset. In the latter half of 2024, I had seen innumerable references to this novel, overwhelmingly positive responses to the gifted storytelling of this author. Therefore, I was...

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A tantalising time-slip novel set in LONDON

A tantalising time-slip novel set in LONDON 7th March 2025

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, a tantalising time-slip novel set in London. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2025 – Fiction With A Sense of Place There is a very interesting concept at the heart...

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A novel of water set in MESOPOTAMIA, TÜRKIYE and LONDON

A novel of water set in MESOPOTAMIA, TÜRKIYE and LONDON 6th March 2025

There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, a novel of water set in Mesopotamia, Türkiye, and London. WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2025 – FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE An ambitious, sweeping novel,...

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