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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 New York (Lucy in the sky…..)… 21st October 2013

An Englishwoman in New York by Anne-Marie Casey, novel set in New York and (briefly) London Let’s start with the basics, the cover. Delightful, well composed, nice and tasteful, a woman in a green cocktail dress, with alternating stripes...

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Book set in the USA (Western States in the company of Sprite) 16th October 2013

The Drive by Tyler Keevil, book set in the USA (Western States) The Drive by Tyler Keevil is a book set in the USA with amazing flow and great structure. It is fresh, entertaining and deep all at the same...

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Novel set in Greece (“wisteria froths and frills over the terrace” in Zakynthos)

Novel set in Greece (“wisteria froths and frills over the terrace” in Zakynthos) 8th October 2013

Swimming Pool Summer by Rebecca Farnsworth, novel set in Greece (Zakynthos) Two weeks in the sun, in an idyllic house on the island of Zakynthos (Zante). Three friends Leila, Frankie and Tor all descend with a coterie of lovers, husbands and...

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Book set in New York and Oxford (“The right cocktail of people, the perfect blend for calamity”) 5th October 2013

Black Chalk by Christopher J Yates, book set in New York and Oxford A novel for the turn of the 21st century – power, determination and gullibility. Chad, an American, arrives at Pitt College, Oxford (built in 1620 with requisite Gothic...

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Novel set in BERLIN, Germany (Fabrizio Collini goes to trial)

Novel set in BERLIN, Germany (Fabrizio Collini goes to trial) 1st October 2013

The Collini Case by Ferdinand von Schirach, novel set in Berlin. OK, the reason I chose to read this book was for two reasons: it was on the ‘recommended’ bench at Waterstones Bookshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (you can to follow them on Twitter),...

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