Blog Archive

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 thriller set in WILTSHIRE

Crime thriller set in WILTSHIRE 24th November 2022

The Girls Who Disappeared by Clare Douglas, crime thriller set in Wiltshire. The author has crafted a potent opening. It is the middle of the night. A man is standing in the middle of The Devil’s Corridor, a road...

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Picaresque globe trotting novel set in the early 19th Century

Picaresque globe trotting novel set in the early 19th Century 23rd November 2022

The Romantic by William Boyd. Picaresque globe trotting novel set in the early 19th Century. There is such a long tradition of heroic adventurers, off on their travels. Early on there was Don Quixote and there are innumerable books...

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Bio thriller set in New York

Bio thriller set in New York 22nd November 2022

The Manhattan Project by Paul McNeive, bio thriller set in New York. The Manhattan Project is a fast paced thriller. Tsan Yahoto was just five years old when his father and two older siblings were killed in the Hiroshima...

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Novel set in the Summer of 1950, CAPE COD

Novel set in the Summer of 1950, CAPE COD 21st November 2022

The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey, novel set in the Summer of 1950, Cape Cod. #fromourbookshelves The novel opens with young Michael, a German orphan travelling on a train to Cape Cod, in order to spend the Summer...

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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of A Mother’s Christmas Wish – RYHOPE (Sunderland)

GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of A Mother’s Christmas Wish – RYHOPE (Sunderland) 20th November 2022

We are delighted to be able to offer 3 copies of A Mother’s Christmas Wish by Glenda Young, set in Ryhope (Sunderland) in the 1920s. UK ONLY. I hope this Christmas is better than last year’s.’ Following a scandalous...

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