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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…

Novel set in multiple locations, plus we chat to author Michael Grothaus

Novel set in multiple locations, plus we chat to author Michael Grothaus 7th June 2016

Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus, novel set in multiple locations. Chicago to Mexico to Portugal to France… A venal, yet at time darkly humorous novel that plumbs the visceral recesses of human life. Jerry Dresden is a child of...

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Thriller set in Naples (a real page turner…)

Thriller set in Naples (a real page turner…) 5th June 2016

The Bastards of Pizzofalcone by Maurizio de Giovanni (translated by Antony Shugaar) – thriller set in Naples. The Bastards of Pizzofalcone is a page-turning thriller – very firmly set in modern day Naples. A city that is corrupt and crime...

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Novel set in Cornwall (a book that is “.. unforgettable”)

Novel set in Cornwall (a book that is “.. unforgettable”) 4th June 2016

The Unforgotten by Laura Powell –  novel set in Cornwall of the 1950s. In 1956, fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent is living in fictional St. Steele, a small Cornish fishing village where she helps her decidedly flaky mother run a boarding...

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Some of your favourite books set in “Holiday Destination” Spain…

Some of your favourite books set in “Holiday Destination” Spain… 2nd June 2016

As the European holiday season gets under way, we are pleased to publish the second in a series of posts that list some of your favourite books set in some of your very favourite holiday locations. Ideal reading on your travels… This...

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Psychological thriller set in St Ives, plus we chat to author Amanda Jennings

Psychological thriller set in St Ives, plus we chat to author Amanda Jennings 1st June 2016

In Her Wake by Amanda Jennings, psychological thriller set in St Ives. “A perfect life…. until she discovered it wasn’t her own” In Her Wake has had widespread critical acclaim, and deservedly so. It is well written and thoughtfully...

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