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Lead Review (You Can’t See Me)

• Book: You Can’t See Me
• Location: Snæfellsnes Peninsula
• Author: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

"I really enjoyed You Can’t See Me by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir – with a few reservations. It’s a prequel to the..."

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Lead Review (The Witch’s Daughter)

• Book: The Witch’s Daughter
• Location: St Petersburg (Leningrad)
• Author: Imogen Edwards Jones

"In The Witches of St Petersburg – the novel that precedes this one – the focus was on Grand Duchess Militza..."

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Lead Review (Last Testament in Bologna)

• Book: Last Testament in Bologna
• Location: Bologna
• Author: Tom Benjamin

"BOLOGNA The Last Testament in Bologna by Tom Benjamin A mystery set around motor racing in Bologna and it is Book..."

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Lead Review (Anatomy of a Killer)

• Book: Anatomy of a Killer
• Location: Berlin
• Author: Romy Hausmann

"Anatomy of a Killer by Romy Hausmann, thriller set in Berlin. TR: Jamie Bulloch 3.5* I read Dear Child by Romy..."

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Lead Review (Notes From An Island)

• Book: Notes from an Island
• Location: Klovharun
• Author: Thomas Teal (Translator), Tove Jansson, Tuulikki Pietilå

"Notes From An Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä, memoirs set on Klovharun in the Gulf of Finland (1960s) TR:..."

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Lead Review (The Temple of Fortuna)

• Book: The Temple of Fortuna
• Location: Pompeii
• Author: Elodie Harper

"4.5* ‘The Temple of Fortuna brings to a successful conclusion a series that conjures up the ancient Roman world in vivid..."

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Lead Review (The Toffee Factory Girls)

• Book: The Toffee Factory Girls
• Location: Chester-le-Street
• Author: Glenda Young

"This novel is set in 1915, when WW1 was raging, and boys and young men were heading off to war. The..."

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Lead Review (Brotherless Night)

• Book: Brotherless Night
• Location: Jaffna, Sri Lanka
• Author: V V Ganeshananthan

"Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan, novel set in later 20th Century Sri Lanka. Longlisted for the Women’s Prize (Fiction) 2024..."

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Lead Review (The Lagos Wife)

• Book: The Lagos Wife
• Location: Lagos
• Author: Vanessa Walters

"Young and beautiful Nicole Oruware is The Lagos Wife. She lives a privileged life with her handsome husband, her sons and..."

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Lead Review (Goodnight Tokyo)

• Book: Goodnight Tokyo
• Location: Tokyo
• Author: Atsuhiro Yoshida, Haydn Trowell (Translator)

"The concept of these short, interconnected stories is interesting. Matsui drives a taxi at night and every morning (as it were)..."

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