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Lead Review (Our Evenings)

• Book: Our Evenings
• Location: England, London, South East England
• Author: Alan Hollinghurst

"  Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2025 (which, in fact, this year has been cancelled and you can read why on..."

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Lead Review (The Second Chance Supper Club

• Book: The Second Chance Supper Club
• Location: Northumberland
• Author: Caroline Roberts

"  “Northumberland’s wildly rugged beauty had drawn her back…” Fictional Tilldale is within striking distance of Alnwick. Cath lived quite happily with..."

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Lead Review (Slanting Towards the Sea)

• Book: Slanting Towards the Sea
• Location: Zadar
• Author: Lidija Hilje

"A Marie-Claire UK Best New Book for August 2025. This came highly recommended from two people, who have the inside track..."

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Lead Review (The Dacre Dilemma)

• Book: The Dacre Dilemma
• Location: The Lake District
• Author: Rebecca Tope

"Rebecca Tope is well known for writing crime mysteries with a good sense of place. The Dacre Dilemma is no.15 in..."

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Lead Review (The Illuminated)

• Book: The Illuminated
• Location: India
• Author: Anindita Ghose

"The Illuminated by Anindita Ghose is a challenging, mind-broadening read – and I loved it! Ghose is an excellent storyteller, she..."

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Lead Review (Blurred)

• Book: Blurred
• Location: Romania
• Author: Iris Wolff, Ruth Martin (translator)

"Iris Wolff was born in the medieval town of Sibiu in Transylvania. She emigrated as a child and now lives in..."

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Lead Review (Lost Lambs)

• Book: Lost Lambs
• Location: United States (USA)
• Author: Madeline Cash

"Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash, novel set in fictional small-town America. Author Madeline Cash has an acute sense of the ridiculous..."

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Lead Review (And then There was You)

• Book: And Then There Was You
• Location: St Ives
• Author: Miranda Dickinson

"Merryn owns a cafe in a secluded courtyard in St Ives called Sweet Reverie. One evening she is weaving her way..."

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On the Amalfi Coast Magic Happens

• Book: The Infinite Terrace
• Location: Amalfi Coast, Anglesey
• Author: Lindy Viandier

"The Infinite Terrace, the debut novel in the Italian Interlude series, written by Lindy Viander gripped me from start to finish...."

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Moving and Gracious

• Book: The Infinite Terrace
• Location: Amalfi Coast, Anglesey
• Author: Lindy Viandier

"As Lindy Viandier is the author of two memoirs I’ve read and loved, I was thrilled to be sent an ARC..."

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