Blogs in January 2025

A twisty mystery set on a remote island (HEBRIDES)

A twisty mystery set on a remote island (HEBRIDES) 27th January 2025

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney, a twisty mystery set on a remote island (Hebrides). Grady Green is now a successful author, featuring in the New York Times Bestseller List. It has been a long time coming.He is delighted to...

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Gothic, horror suspense set on a “God-Forgotten” island off SCOTLAND

Gothic, horror suspense set on a “God-Forgotten” island off SCOTLAND 23rd January 2025

Small Fires by Ronnie Turner, gothic horror suspense set on a “God-Forgotten” island off SCOTLAND. “..they say the land was so strange, no one dared name it…” It is mooted by those who live on the mainland, who look...

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A novel of melancholy set in RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

A novel of melancholy set in RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL 22nd January 2025

Glória by Victor Heringer, a novel of melancholy set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Translated by Sophie Lewis and James Young Glória by Victor Heringer is a clever, quirky, almost perverse, book which tells the story of three Brazilian...

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Novel of emotional instability set mainly in OXFORD

Novel of emotional instability set mainly in OXFORD 21st January 2025

Piglet by Lottie Hazell, novel of emotional instability set mainly in Oxford. I probably would never have picked this novel up – given the title and the cover image of food (donuts for theUK edition) – but I read...

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Police procedural set in REYKJAVIK, Iceland

Police procedural set in REYKJAVIK, Iceland 20th January 2025

Shrouded by Sólveig Pálsdóttir, police procedural set in Reykjavik, Iceland. Translated by Quentin Bates Shrouded is the fourth in a series of police procedural crime novels from Iceland’s Sólveig Pálsdóttir. Fans of the series will need no introduction to...

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