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Check through the Blog posts below to find our latest extended book reviews, our #TalkingLocationWith … pieces, and our views on matters of general literary interest. Search by either Location or by the Keywords you would like to come up in the results…

Novel set mainly in CUBA

Novel set mainly in CUBA 26th January 2024

Last Seen In Havana by Teresa Dovalpage, novel set mainly in Cuba. “A must-read for mystery fans who love great locations paired with even better characters” says author Alex Segura. What an accolade! This is the story of two...

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Novel set in 16th Century MEXICO and SPAIN

Novel set in 16th Century MEXICO and SPAIN 25th January 2024

Red Smoking Mirror by Nick Hunt, novel set in 16th Century Mexico and Spain. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2024, Fiction With A Sense Of Place. This is a cinematic novel set in the early 16th...

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Thriller set on a transatlantic crossing – ATLANTIC

Thriller set on a transatlantic crossing – ATLANTIC 24th January 2024

Five Nights by Rachel Wolf, thriller set on a transatlantic Atlantic crossing. Meet the Scamardo family: think Succession Italian style, via Newcastle upon Tyne. Mattia is the ageing head of the family, now married to Belle, a younger woman...

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Novel set in BROOKLYN

Novel set in BROOKLYN 23rd January 2024

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, novel set in Brooklyn. #fromourbookshelves Long Island is the long awaited sequel to the wonderful novel Brooklyn, coming in May 2024. It therefore seems like a good opportunity to re-run our original review of Brooklyn...

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Novel set in 1915 as the Lusitania crosses the ATLANTIC

Novel set in 1915 as the Lusitania crosses the ATLANTIC 22nd January 2024

Death on the Lusitania by R L Graham, novel set in 1915 as the Lusitania crosses the Atlantic. Patrick Gallagher is taking a British diplomat back to England for questioning and possible sentencing, his misdeed appears to be that...

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