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Recently Added Books

Seasons in Basilicata: A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village

Author: David Yeadon

Location: Aliano

Genre: Autobiography/Memoirs

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A BLOODY GOOD CRUISE

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Latest Reviews

Lead Review (The Kashmir Shawl)

  • Book: The Kashmir Shawl
  • Location: Ladakh, Srinagar
  • Author: Rosie Thomas

"I was recently travelling thought Northern India and this novel fitted the bill for me. There was history – at both..."

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Lead Review (Big Sister)

  • Book: Big Sister
  • Location: Bergen
  • Author: Don Bartlett (translator), Gunnar Staalesen

"Gunnar Staalesen is one of the acknowledged godfathers of Nordic Noir, and in this well written and engaging novel – no.18..."

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Lead Review (The Lantern’s Dance)

  • Book: The Lantern’s Dance
  • Location: Kolkata (Calcutta), Nimes, Paris, The Midlands
  • Author: Laurie R King

"Laurie R King’s The Lantern’s Dance is the latest in a long series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell. This richly..."

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Lead Review (The Invisible Web)

  • Book: The Invisible Web
  • Location: Berlin, Freiburg
  • Author: Jamie Bulloch (Translator), Oliver Bottini

"The book opens in Berlin. There is a mysterious attack on a man in the corridor of a hotel. The assailant..."

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Lead Review (My Other Heart)

  • Book: My Other Heart
  • Location: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Philadelphia, Tokyo
  • Author: Emma Nanami Strenner

"My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Stenner is a beautifully written exploration of identity and belonging, especially as those things apply..."

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Lead Review (Die Liebe Sucht Ein Zimmer)

  • Book: Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer
  • Location: Warsaw
  • Author: David Safier

"I first came across David Safier when I read A Miss Merkel Mystery: Murder at the Castle (TR into English: by..."

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Lead Review (Murder At St Paul’s Cathedral)

  • Book: Murder at St Paul’s Cathedral
  • Location: The City of London
  • Author: Jim Eldridge

"This is the first in the Cathedral Mysteries series, although it is not the first outing for the main protagonist pair..."

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Lead Review (Sakina’s Kiss)

  • Book: Sakina’s Kiss
  • Location: Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Author: Srinath Perur (Translator), Vivek Shanbhag

"This is a short novel of around 180 pages, and it is a peak into middle class Indian society. Venkat and..."

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Lead Review (The Artist)

  • Book: The Artist
  • Location: Provence
  • Author: Lucy Steeds

"It is 1920. Somewhere near Avignon lives an ageing artist called Tartuffe. Taking care of all his needs is his niece..."

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Lead Review (Death Deserved)

  • Book: Death Deserved
  • Location: Oslo
  • Author: Jørn Lier Horst, Thomas Enger

"So far there are 5 novels in the Blix and Ramm series and this is the very first outing for police..."

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