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The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan, novel set across early 1960s Europe, starting from Granada, then on to Paris, Belgrade and Istanbul. The author is truly skilled at creating a sense of place and evoking credible and colourful locations....
Fragments of a Woman by Emma Venables, a novel about Womanhood under National Socialism – Berlin. The scene is Berlin during the 1930s and WW2. The author has chosen several German women to feature in this book and...
Azúcar by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, a beautifully written story of life on a Caribbean island. Azúcar (sugar in Spanish) is the story of life on Fumaz, a fictional Caribbean island. The island had a socialist revolution on 1959, immediately...
The New Wife by JP Delaney, mystery set on Mallorca. The setting of this novel is very strong. Most of the story is set around Finca Síquia, set above fictional Cauzacs – about 25 miles as the crow flies...
Villa of Secrets by Patricia Wilson, dual timeline novel set on Rhodes. There is a lot going on in this fairly lengthy novel. Dora’s story is told from the present looking back over the years of WW2, when Rhodes...
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