Blogs in February 2025

Dark academia set in ST ANDREWS

Dark academia set in ST ANDREWS 10th February 2025

When We Were Killers by C F Barrington, dark academia set in ST ANDREWS. Finn Nethercott is enrolled in an MA in Bible Studies and Early Christian Culture and commences his studies in 1992. He soon garners the nickname...

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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner (PARIS/NYC)

GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner (PARIS/NYC) 9th February 2025

Giveaway: WIN 1 of 3 copies of The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner set in PARIS / NYC. UK ONLY A heart-wrenching and unforgettable story of courage, friendship and resistance, inspired by the incredible true story of a Jewish...

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Supernatural thriller set around the WORLD

Supernatural thriller set around the WORLD 7th February 2025

Old Soul by Susan Barker, supernatural thriller set around the world – Tokyo, London, New Mexico, Budapest, New York. Berlin, Wales. One of the joys of book reviewing is receiving a book that you wouldn’t ordinarily have chosen and...

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Interwoven stories set in Mojiko, KITAKYUSHU

Interwoven stories set in Mojiko, KITAKYUSHU 6th February 2025

The Convenience Store by The Sea by Sonoko Machida, interwoven stories set in Mojiko, Kitakyushu. Translated by Bruno Navasky “Tenderness” is a convenience store chain that operates only on Kyūshū. Their motto: ‘Caring For People, Caring For You’. This...

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Talking Location With … Deborah Lawrenson: MOSCOW and SUKHUMI

Talking Location With … Deborah Lawrenson: MOSCOW and SUKHUMI 5th February 2025

TalkingLocationWith … Deborah Lawrenson, author of The Secretary Set in Moscow and Sukhumi, a resort on the Black Sea; USSR “As the dawn lightened from charcoal to ash, wide streets emerged, grander and even more intimidating than Lois had...

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