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 Mystery set in KYOTO

Crime Mystery set in KYOTO 29th June 2022

The Kimono Tattoo by Rebecca Copeland, crime mystery set in Kyoto. #audiobook narration by Theresa Bakken This is one of those books I happened to stumble upon over on NetGalley, as an audiobook, and what a pleasure it has...

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Novel set in a fictional Communist Eastern Bloc Country

Novel set in a fictional Communist Eastern Bloc Country 28th June 2022

The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry, novel set in a fictional Communist Eastern Bloc country. BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick #audiobook – beautifully narrated by Olivia Vinall. The fictional country is Yanussia, surrounded by countries that are...

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A novel of train travel (Cairo and Khartoum)

A novel of train travel (Cairo and Khartoum) 27th June 2022

Overnight to Innsbruck by Denyse Woods, a novel of train travel (Cairo and Khartoum) #fromourbookshelves I love it when a gem of a read unexpectedly comes into my hands. Overnight to Innsbruck has nothing to do really with Austria...

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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of To Kill a Troubadour – THE DORDOGNE

GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of To Kill a Troubadour – THE DORDOGNE 26th June 2022

We are delighted to offer 3 copies of To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker, no15 in the DORDOGNE crime mystery series. UK only. It is summer in St Denis, and Bruno is busy organising the annual village concert....

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Dual timeline novel set in 1930s UKRAINE and 2004 ILLINOIS

Dual timeline novel set in 1930s UKRAINE and 2004 ILLINOIS 25th June 2022

The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken, dual timeline novel set in 1930s Ukraine and 2004 Illinois.   This of course is a very poignant and relevant read, given what is happening in Ukraine now, 2022. It is...

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