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…

Thriller set in Bushmanland, South Africa

Thriller set in Bushmanland, South Africa 5th November 2019

Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard, thriller set in Bushmanland, South Africa. Translated from the Afrikaans by Maya Fowler and Isobel Dixon. Weeping Waters is tense and gripping read set in Bushmanland in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Inspector...

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Cracking thriller set in New York City

Cracking thriller set in New York City 4th November 2019

Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclary, cracking thriller set in New York City. That’s a clever title. An elevator pitch is the term otherwise used for making a quick business presentation, short and sharp, taking only the time it would...

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GIVEAWAY (UK only)! – 3 copies of The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas – MALLORCA

GIVEAWAY (UK only)! – 3 copies of The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas – MALLORCA 3rd November 2019

3 copies of The Devil’s Horn by Anna Nicholas to transport you to MALLORCA Eccentric, headstrong and engaging, Isabel Flores Montserrat is a cross between a highly charged Precious Ramotswe (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency) & Phyrne Fisher (Miss Fisher’s...

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Five great books set in NORTHUMBERLAND

Five great books set in NORTHUMBERLAND 3rd November 2019

Northumberland is the latest place for us to visit in our ‘Great books set in…’ series. Five great books set in Northumberland. Northumberland is a historic county, and the most northerly in England. It borders Cumbria to the west,...

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Talking Location With author Sally Jane Smith – Historic Istanbul

Talking Location With author Sally Jane Smith – Historic Istanbul 2nd November 2019

#TalkingLocationWith…. Sally Jane Smith, author researching her next travel memoir set in Istanbul. I boarded the plane because it was easier than pretending to care about office spreadsheets, less brutal than forcing inadequate words around raw anguish, lighter than...

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