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…

Blood-curdling thriller set in LONDON

Blood-curdling thriller set in LONDON 14th June 2020

Blood Red City by Rod Reynolds – blood-curdling thriller set in London. Rod is the successful British author of the Charlie Yates Detective Series set in 1940s America (The Dark Inside, Black Night Falling, and Cold Desert Sky). They...

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Five great books set in WALES

Five great books set in WALES 13th June 2020

Wales is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Wales. ‘Lovely the woods, waters, meadows, combes, vales, All the air things wear that build this world of...

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Novel set in MAINE (a riveting read for the #MeToo movement)

Novel set in MAINE (a riveting read for the #MeToo movement) 12th June 2020

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, novel set in Maine. This is an unsettling novel, and it’s one that I suspect will stay with me a while after turning the final page. A 42 year-old English teacher at an...

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Talking Location With… author John Dean – the importance of place

Talking Location With… author John Dean – the importance of place 11th June 2020

#TalkingLocationWith…. John Dean, author of The Killing Line (set North Pennines) Setting is a good place to start! As a writer, I am always inspired by a sense of place. Whether it be a gloomy city or a stunning...

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TripFiction armchair travel by book – CALIFORNIA

TripFiction armchair travel by book – CALIFORNIA 11th June 2020

TripFiction armchair book travel – California. We may all still be locked down, but TripFiction is here to help you travel vicariously through books with a strong sense of place. The TripFiction team have been trawling through their database...

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