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They Had It Coming by Nikki Smith, a destination thriller set in Canggu, Bali. Indeed the characters in this book do have it coming, what a secretive and unpleasant lot they prove to be. Just deserts are largely meted...
What I Know About You by Eric Chacour, novel set mainly in later 20th Century CAIRO. Translated by Pablo Strauss. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2025; Fiction With A Sense Of Place Tarek has his life...
This Motherless Land by Nikki May, novel set in Lagos and Somerset. In the latter half of 2024, I had seen innumerable references to this novel, overwhelmingly positive responses to the gifted storytelling of this author. Therefore, I was...
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, a tantalising time-slip novel set in London. Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2025 – Fiction With A Sense of Place There is a very interesting concept at the heart...
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak, a novel of water set in Mesopotamia, Türkiye, and London. WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2025 – FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE An ambitious, sweeping novel,...
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