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…

Ten Great Books set in the Amazon Rainforest

Ten Great Books set in the Amazon Rainforest 21st April 2021

The Amazon rainforest is the latest location for us to visit in our Great Books series. Ten Great Books set in the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other South...

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Thriller set in Hamburg (with a side trip to Cartagena)

Thriller set in Hamburg (with a side trip to Cartagena) 21st April 2021

Hotel Cartagena by Simone Buchholz, thriller set in Hamburg (with a side trip to Cartagena). Translated by Rachel Ward. Hotel Cartagena is the fourth book in Simone’s excellent Chastity Riley thriller series – but it can absolutely be read as...

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Psychological thriller set in Greenwich, LONDON

Psychological thriller set in Greenwich, LONDON 20th April 2021

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner, psychological thriller set in Greenwich, LONDON “Sometimes Greenwich can feel a long way from anywhere…” Helen and Daniel live in a wonderful, historical house on the edge of Greenwich Park which is undergoing extensive...

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A Reflection of My Mom’s House by Hannah Carmona – The Dominican Republic

A Reflection of My Mom’s House by Hannah Carmona – The Dominican Republic 19th April 2021

The stories my Mom told me of the Dominican Republic were of warm summer nights spent dancing in the rain as a child, making mud pies with dirt, and listening to her dad play old Spanish love songs. With...

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A thriller set on an island you won’t want to visit… INNER HEBRIDES

A thriller set on an island you won’t want to visit… INNER HEBRIDES 19th April 2021

Anthrax Island by D L Marshall – a thriller set on an island you won’t want to visit – INNER HEBRIDES. Gruinard Island, in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland, was used in the 1940s to...

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