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…

Novel set in Deptford

Novel set in Deptford 9th December 2021

Fall by West Camel, novel set in Deptford, London. This is the third book in recent weeks that I have read, where a tower block is pretty central to the narrative (referencing True Crime Story by Joseph Knox and...

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Ten Great Books set in FRANCE

Ten Great Books set in FRANCE 8th December 2021

France is the latest destination for us to visit in our ‘Great Books set in series…’ Ten Great Books set in France. France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches. Paris, its capital, is famed for...

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Novel set in Surrey

Novel set in Surrey 8th December 2021

The Water Garden by Louise Soraya Black, novel set in Surrey. Black’s second novel The Water Garden is a multi-layered tale, shifting forward and back in time and following several generations of the same family.  We begin in 2010...

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Whimsical novel set in FLORENCE (and LONDON)

Whimsical novel set in FLORENCE (and LONDON) 7th December 2021

Still Life by Sarah Winman, whimsical novel set in Florence (and London). During WW2, two people’s lives intersect – perhaps on some kind of clandestine mission – in the Tuscan Hills and post war they return to their more...

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Talking Location With Caroline Beecham – WW2 LONDON and NEW YORK

Talking Location With Caroline Beecham – WW2 LONDON and NEW YORK 6th December 2021

#TalkingLocationWith ... Caroline Beecham, author of When We Meet Again set in the publishing worlds of LONDON and NEW YORK When We Meet Again is a mystery about a woman’s search for her stolen child. Its inspired by real events,...

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