Blogs in March 2026

Historical novel set in 1910s LEICESTERSHIRE

Historical novel set in 1910s LEICESTERSHIRE 25th March 2026

A woman of Spirit by Margaret Dickinson, historical novel set in 1910s LEICESTERSHIRE Young women, Queenie and Molly, are great friends, they live near to each other and have grown up together. Both have their eye on Harry but...

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Historical novel set in mid 17th Century AMSTERDAM

Historical novel set in mid 17th Century AMSTERDAM 24th March 2026

Rembrandt’s Promise by Barbara Leahy, historical novel set in mid 17th Century Amsterdam. Ever since reading Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (set in Delft) and Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach (set in Amsterdam), I have been...

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Novel set in 17th Century MASSACHUSETTS and modern BARCELONA

Novel set in 17th Century MASSACHUSETTS and modern BARCELONA 20th March 2026

Cautery by Lucía Lijtmaer, novel set in 17th Century Massachusetts and modern Barcelona (and Madrid) TR: Maureen Shaughnessy “Funny, cutting and a savage indictment of the cheap consolations of meme-ified faux feminism, misplaced solitary solidarity, and sacrifices for the...

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Coming-of-age novel set mainly in RAWALPINDI

Coming-of-age novel set mainly in RAWALPINDI 19th March 2026

A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna, coming-of-age novel set in Rawalpindi. Winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2026 – Fiction With A Sense Of Place As a child, Tara lives in the fictional village of Mazinagar....

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Murder mystery set in REYKJAVIK and rural ICELAND

Murder mystery set in REYKJAVIK and rural ICELAND 18th March 2026

The Murder Pool by Stella Blömkvist. Murder mystery set in Reykjavik and rural Iceland. Translated by Quentin Bates. Stella Blómkvist Book 4 The Murder Pool is a sequel to the Stella Blömvist series of novels. Stella Blömkvist, for those...

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