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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…

Crime procedural set in EDINBURGH

Crime procedural set in EDINBURGH 17th October 2023

Past Lying by Val McDermid, crime procedural set in Edinburgh. Karen Pirie 7. #audiobook Karen is hunkering down in a bubble with Daisy, her subordinate, in a loaned apartment. It is early 2020 and lockdown has been initiated and...

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Police procedural set in NORWAY

Police procedural set in NORWAY 16th October 2023

Stigma by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger, police procedural set in Norway. Translated by Megan Turney. No.4 in the Blix/Ramm series. The scene in this novel is quickly set. Alexander Blix, former police investigator, has been sent down...

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GIVEAWAY – Something Wicked for Halloween – PACIFIC NORTHWEST

GIVEAWAY – Something Wicked for Halloween – PACIFIC NORTHWEST 15th October 2023

We are delighted to be able to offer 3 copies of Something Wicked by Gretchen Rue, set in the Pacific Northwest. UK ONLY   Recipe for a potion to demolish life as you know it: Step one: pack up...

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What a ride! The Wilderness journey from book to screen – USA

What a ride! The Wilderness journey from book to screen – USA 13th October 2023

What a ride! The Wilderness journey from book to screen Wilderness by BE JONES ‘I’d love to see a draft of the script when there is one,’ I said, trying not to sound over-excited, as I sipped a glass...

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Two linked stories set in VENICE – centuries apart

Two linked stories set in VENICE – centuries apart 12th October 2023

Lucifer’s Shadow by David Hewson, two linked stories set in Venice – centuries apart. Each dominated by evil. Lucifer’s Shadow was first published in 2001. As David explains in the introduction to this newly reprinted edition, the original publication...

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