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…

Fictional ‘true crime’ narrative set in Manchester

Fictional ‘true crime’ narrative set in Manchester 28th July 2021

True Crime Story by Joseph Knox, fictional ‘true crime’ narrative set in Manchester. Unusual, this! I have been listening to quite a few genuine true crime podcasts over the past few Covid months (I can recommend Death in Ice...

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Where China and Europe Meet by Roy Peachey, author of The Race

Where China and Europe Meet by Roy Peachey, author of The Race 27th July 2021

Where China and Europe Meet by Roy Peachey. In 2005, my wife and I flew to Moscow and, from there, took the train to Beijing. It was a glorious trip. After a few weeks in the capital, we then...

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Mystery set on fictional Beaumont (Îles d’Hyères – Mediterranean)

Mystery set on fictional Beaumont (Îles d’Hyères – Mediterranean) 27th July 2021

The Secret Life of Writers by Guillaume Musso, mystery set on fictional Beaumont (Îles d’Hyères – Mediterranean). Translated by Vineet Lal. I do like a good map at the start of the novel. I was looking at a map...

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Novel set in Dublin

Novel set in Dublin 26th July 2021

Three Weddings and a Proposal by Sheila O’Flanagan, novel set in Dublin (with side trips to Mallorca). You have to love Delphie from Dublin. A cracking personality who has forged her way in a man’s world and is an...

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3 copies of celebrated French bestseller “On The Line” – BRITTANY

3 copies of celebrated French bestseller “On The Line” – BRITTANY 25th July 2021

We have 3 copies of celebrated French bestseller On the Line by Joseph Ponthus, set in BRITTANY. Translated by Stephanie Smee UK only. A celebrated French bestseller, this novel in verse that captures the mundane and the beautiful, the...

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