Blogs in November 2024

Short stories set in Depression era NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Short stories set in Depression era NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 7th November 2024

The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by William Saroyan, short stories set in Depression era Northern California. This collection of stories, penned in the 1930s but set in the 1920s, has a wonderful introduction by Stephen Fry,...

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Thriller set in DUNEDIN, New Zealand

Thriller set in DUNEDIN, New Zealand 6th November 2024

Prey by Vanda Symon, thriller set in DUNEDIN, New Zealand Prey is the latest (no.6) in the Sam Shephard series of thrillers by Vanda Symon. The novel is set in Dunedin, on New Zealand’s South Island and the atmosphere...

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Cozy crime set in the LAKE DISTRICT

Cozy crime set in the LAKE DISTRICT 5th November 2024

A Lake District Christmas Murder by Rebecca Tope, cozy crime set in the LAKE DISTRICT (mainly Glenridding, Patterdale, Hartsop) Author Rebecca Tope is well known for her series of cozy crime mysteries set in the Lake District (also a...

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Novel set in TOKYO, Japan

Novel set in TOKYO, Japan 4th November 2024

Butter by Asako Yuzuki, novel set in TOKYO, Japan TR: Polly Barton Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2024 Butter, by Asako Yuzuki (and translated by Polly Barton), is a novel set in the greater Tokyo region of...

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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of Adelaide (set in LONDON and one of our top reads 2024)

GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of Adelaide (set in LONDON and one of our top reads 2024) 3rd November 2024

Giveaway:3 copies of Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler, a novel of relationships set in 2010s London. One of our top reads of 2024. On an otherwise ordinary day, 26-year-old American expat Adelaide Williams walks into a London hospital and asks...

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