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…
The Lord’s Tusks by Jeffrey Ulin – Big Game and political thriller set in 1960s Kenya. Although set only around 60 years ago, The Lord’s Tusks seems to come from a totally bygone age. Kenya has just won her...
#TalkingLocationWith…Ciera McElroy, author of Atomic Family – South Carolina There is a long literary tradition of novels set near rivers. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on the Mississippi; a canoe trip gone wrong in Deliverance; Marlow on the Congo...
The Temporary Bride: A memoir of love and food in Iran by Jennifer Klinec. #fromourbookshelves “Each day… the house fills with the aroma of saffron, pomegranate syrup or onions fried in butter….” Given this memoir was published in 2014,...
Birthright by Charles Lambert, mystery set in 1980s Rome. This is the story of twins – Maddy and Fiona – seemingly separated at birth. Fiona sees a photo of a child that is the spitting image of herself but...
I’ll Keep You Safe by Peter May, crime mystery set mainly on the Isle of Lewis (and Paris). #fromourbookshelves The book opens with a table of Pronunciations for Gaelic, the names and places, which is very helpful and saves...
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