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Ten great books set in Austria. Austria is a federal republic in south-central Europe, bordered by countries like Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Dominated by the majestic Alps, the country covers an area of over 83,000 square kilometres and is renowned...
Land by Maggie O’Farrell, novel set in Ireland and Canada Land by Maggie O’Farrell cleverly mixes the tale of four Irish siblings with accounts of other generations of the same family. There is also a rich vein of folklore...
The Mermaid’s Cry by Kate Rhodes, crime mystery set in Penzance, Cornwall The Mermaid’s Cry is the latest in Kate Rhodes’ series featuring Detective Inspector Ben Kitto. After the traumatic death of his wife and unborn child on Bryher,...
The Shrine by Lesley Thomson. a detective mystery set in Gloucestershire The Shrine is the tenth iteration of Lesley Thomson’s successful Detective’s Daughter crime series. It is every bit as good as the others. The story opens on a note...
Homer Awards: A New Literary Prize Born in Greece There’s a particular kind of book that never quite gets its due — the thriller that keeps you up too late, and the novel so steeped in a sense of...
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