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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…

Murder mystery set in Assam and East London

Murder mystery set in Assam and East London 5th February 2020

Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee, murder mystery set in Assam and East London. This is the fourth in the Sam Wyndham series and can be read as a stand alone. 1922. It is now time that Sam...

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A ‘medieval’ mystery set in Wessex

A ‘medieval’ mystery set in Wessex 4th February 2020

The Second Sleep by Robert Harris – a ‘medieval’ mystery, set in Wessex. The Second Sleep is set in the Year of the Risen Lord 1468. A newly ordained priest is sent on a mission to Wessex to bury...

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Cozy murder mystery set along the Danube (Budapest)

Cozy murder mystery set along the Danube (Budapest) 3rd February 2020

Death on the Danube by Jennifer S Alderson, cozy murder mystery set along the Danube (Budapest). “Agatha Christie said that most murders were committed for one of four reasons: jealousy, greed, a desire for power, and revenge…” This is...

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WIN a SIGNED copy of The Second Sleep by Robert Harris, set in Wessex

WIN a SIGNED copy of The Second Sleep by Robert Harris, set in Wessex 2nd February 2020

WIN a signed copy of The Second Sleep by Robert Harris, a post apocalyptic thriller set in Wessex. 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land...

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Novella set in Paris

Novella set in Paris 1st February 2020

The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano, novella set in Paris. Translated by Mark Pollizotti. “Modiano takes up his struggle with memory again, resuscitating people and place in one magnificent, impressionistic tracking shot” (Marianne Payot, Express) – and this quote...

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