Blogs in November 2023

The Kamogawa Food Detectives 9th November 2023

The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just...

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The Worth of a Ruby 2nd November 2023

A priceless Burmese ruby leads Mallory Jones on a journey from the remote hills of Burma to the swelter of Bangkok in search of redemption. It’s 1995 and Mallory Jones, a Seattle chef, embarks on an adventurous journey to...

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Lady Tan’s Circle of Women 31st October 2023

In 15th-century China two women are born under the same sign, the Metal Snake. But life will take the friends on very different paths. According to Confucius, ‘an educated woman is a worthless woman’, but Tan Yunxian – born...

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Point Zero 26th October 2023

Tokyo, 1958. Teiko marries Kenichi Uhara, ten years her senior, an advertising man recommended by a go-between. After a four-day honeymoon, Kenichi vanishes. Teiko travels to the coastal and snow-bound city of Kanazawa, where Kenichi was last seen, to...

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PACIFIC DASH – From Asia Vagabond to Casino King 26th October 2023

Young American Dashiell Bonaventure wanders Southeast Asia for two decades, falling in love and lust, saving a life and having his own saved. He meanders the vice dens, beaches and back alleys of Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and...

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