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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…

Road trip novel set across EUROPE

Road trip novel set across EUROPE 18th September 2020

Daughters by Lucy Fricke, translated by Sinéad Crowe, a road trip novel set across Europe. This is one of the first novels chosen by the new imprint of Voland and Quist – V and Q Books – specialising in...

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Introducing V & Q Books: “Remarkable writing from Germany”

Introducing V & Q Books: “Remarkable writing from Germany” 17th September 2020

Introducing V&Q Books: “Remarkable Writing from Germany” Imagine you had a treasure chest of books no one else could read. Would you hoard them or would it feel frustrating? As an avid reader of German literature living in Berlin,...

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A novel of Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas

A novel of Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas 16th September 2020

The Second Marriage by Gill Paul, a novel of Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas, set in the USA and Europe. (Titled Jackie and Maria for the U.S. edition) I have always been fascinated by these two iconic women and the...

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Political murder thriller set in LONDON

Political murder thriller set in LONDON 15th September 2020

Plague by Julie Anderson, political murder thriller set in LONDON.   The Palace of Westminster (otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament, the seat of parliament in England): “There are plenty of MPs who are decent, dutiful partners and...

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Stark psychological thriller set in Norway

Stark psychological thriller set in Norway 14th September 2020

The Seven Doors by Agnes Ravatn, translated by Rosie Hedger – stark psychological thriller set in Norway. The Seven Doors is the second and much anticipated Norwegian psychological thriller written by Agnes Ravatn (and translated by Rosie Hedger). We reviewed...

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