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…

Domestic thriller set in and around WASHINGTON DC

Domestic thriller set in and around WASHINGTON DC 14th January 2026

Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino, domestic thriller set in and around Washington DC. I read this novel for Grazia Book Club and I had no sense of what was coming down the line as I opened it. This...

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Short novel set in BANGLADESH

Short novel set in BANGLADESH 13th January 2026

Uprising by Tahmima Anam, short novel set in Bangladesh. By the river in Mongla, Bangladesh (the gateway to the Sundarbans) in the Bengal Delta lies a long and narrow, desolate and sinking island, where women are held in a...

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Talking Location With… Shelley Dark, author of Son of Hydra: VALLETTA, MALTA

Talking Location With… Shelley Dark, author of Son of Hydra: VALLETTA, MALTA 12th January 2026

#TalkingLocationWith … Shelley Dark, author of Son of Hydra: VALLETTA, MALTA In the Mediterranean heat of August 1827, when the British sloop the Gannet approached Malta, nineteen-year-old Ghikas Voulgaris would have recognised the island long before she anchored. He had...

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Crime fiction set across ICELAND (and London)

Crime fiction set across ICELAND (and London) 9th January 2026

Fadeout/Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson, Reykjavík and London (Fadeout) and Siglufjördur, northern Iceland (Snowblind) TRs: Larissa Kyzer & Quentin Bates, respectively Fadeout by Ragnar Jonassón is being published by Orenda Books as a prequel to the Dark Iceland series alongside...

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Novel set in ITALY and ANGLESEY

Novel set in ITALY and ANGLESEY 8th January 2026

The Infinite Terrace by Lindy Viandier, novel set in Italy (Amalfi, Naples and Rome) and Wales (Anglesey) I hesitate to classify The Infinite Terrace by Lindy Viandier as a romance – even though it is – because it is...

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