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…

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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Psychological thriller set in PROVENCE

Psychological thriller set in PROVENCE 24th June 2022

Sun Damage by Sabine Durrant, psychological thriller set in Provence. The novel opens in Sainte-Cécile, a fictional seaside town on the western fringes of the French Riviera. It then moves inland to a luxurious holiday home, with pool and...

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Thriller set on the coast in NEW SOUTH WALES

Thriller set on the coast in NEW SOUTH WALES 23rd June 2022

The Bay by Allie Reynolds, thriller set on the coast in New South Wales. Surfers look for the ultimate wave. A community called The Tribe has found the perfect location 300km on the coast from Sydney, and they are...

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Novel set in BAVARIA

Novel set in BAVARIA 22nd June 2022

Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz, novel set in Bavaria. Translated by Rachel Ward. This is a delightfully poignant and bucolic novel, with a touch of de Maupassant, maudlin in parts, uplifting in others. Sally is a young woman being...

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Talking Location With … author Jane Johnson: West Penwith, CORNWALL

Talking Location With … author Jane Johnson: West Penwith, CORNWALL 21st June 2022

#TalkingLocationWith …. Jane Johnson, author of The White Hare set in West Penwith, CORNWALL THE WHITE HARE was a novel written in lockdown, here in my native Cornwall. Usually, my husband and I spend part of our year in...

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