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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…

Five great books set in WASHINGTON DC

Five great books set in WASHINGTON DC 12th February 2020

Washington DC is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Washington DC. ‘You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog’ – Harry S Truman ‘What Washington needs...

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Thriller set mainly in County Mayo

Thriller set mainly in County Mayo 11th February 2020

Impostor by L J Ross, thriller set mainly in County Mayo. Meet L J Ross’s new protagonist, Dr Alexander Gregory, who is a forensic psychologist working in South London. This is the start of a new series featuring the...

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Giveaway! – a copy of Death on Rembrandt Square set in Amsterdam

Giveaway! – a copy of Death on Rembrandt Square set in Amsterdam 10th February 2020

Fancy a copy of A Death on Rembrandt Square by Anja de Jager AND some Amsterdam Koekjes (cookies)? Look no further! Guilty until proven innocent . . . It’s hard for anyone to have their work scrutinised in public. For...

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Novel set mainly in Manhattan – the life and loves of Truman Capote

Novel set mainly in Manhattan – the life and loves of Truman Capote 10th February 2020

Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, novel set mainly in Manhattan. Who was Truman Capote? We all know the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s but who really has engaged with the writer of the novella on which the film was based?...

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Taxi memoir set in Paris (c’est le choix du roi)

Taxi memoir set in Paris (c’est le choix du roi) 9th February 2020

Taxi Tales From Paris by Nicky Gentil, taxi memoir set in Paris. Encounters in taxis can often be entertaining and occasionally sobering. Nicky Gentil was inspired to write her short stories, brought together in this book, by Adam Gopnick’s...

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