Spoilt Creatures- Amy Twigg Spoilt Creatures set in a Kent sect – Amy Twigg Think a lonely woman – a sect/commune in Kent – all manner of problems…and a way to work out the true meaning of community and what you can call home. Map of locations in Spoilt Creatures BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : Kent Author guide: Amy Twigg Genre: Psychological Food and drink to accompany: only what you’re given #Bookreview @thebooktrailer A novel to transport you to a Kent commune/sect   Map of locations in Spoilt Creatures A novel about a cult is always interesting. They always b ..read more

Birdeye set in the Catskills,NY – Judith Heneghan A quiet, gentle novel this one. It draws you in slowly but surely. Until you are resident at Birdeye and living off grid with the others. Then a stranger comes calling and life at Birdeye will never be the same again. Map of literary locations in Birdeye   BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : Catskills, NY Author guide: Judith Heneghan Genre: fiction Food and drink to accompany: whatever you can forage #Bookreview @thebooktrailer A novel to transport you to the remote Catskills community of Birdeye   Map of literary locations in ..read more

The Safekeep – Yael van der Wouden A novel by a Dutch author that intrigued me. Currently learning Dutch but thankfully this is in English. A novel of two women and a house. A house as a place, a home and an identity. A slow burn that build tension and drama A novel that simmers….until it doesn’t….. Map of locations in The Safekeep BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : Netherlands Author guide: Yael van der Wouden Genre: historical, LGBTQ Food and drink to accompany: Dutch pancakes! #Bookreview @thebooktrailer A novel to transport you to the Netherlands in the 1960s   M ..read more

Best BookTrail of the Month -April  2024 April gave us some very diverse and interesting reads that took us to libraries, islands and the world of puzzles. All brilliant but one stood out….   WINNER!!!! Oh the Maldives…need I say more? The location, the way it was evoked and described and the wonderful way the author transported readers there….. Map of locations in the novel here Review of The Guests here Very pleased she picked the Maldives as I haven’t been there in real life and I haven’t been here in many books either. I love thrillers where paradise turns bad and Nikki does se ..read more

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (CIBD) Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (CIBD) is the day when readers, writers, illustrators, publishers, and others come together to celebrate indie bookstores across Canada. This day happens every year to mark how wonderful books are and to thank the bookshops that get books to readers. Although I am not Canadian, I have some very special memories of bookshops in Canada – mainly Toronto as I first gathered ideas and inspiration for TheBookTrail when sightseeing via bookshops around the city. I became very familiar with the cafes of course, but it’s the b ..read more

Whale Fall –  Elizabeth O’Connor It is 1938 and Manod is a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island’s shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. Then two anthropologists from the mainland arrive and the life of the villagers and of the island itself will never be the same again. Map of locations in Whale Fall BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : Wales Author guide: Elizabeth OConnor Genre: historical fiction Food and drink to a ..read more

Helle and Death – Oskar Jensen Danish-infused cosy crime set in Northumberland. This is just the kind of cosy crime. With hints of Denmark and Northumberland, a country mansion and snow  – what more could you need? Map of literary locations in Helle and Death BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : Northumberland Author guide: Oskar Jensen Genre: cosy crime Food and drink to accompany: something on posh plates #Bookreview @thebooktrailer A novel to transport you to a Northumberland manor house   Map of literary locations in Helle and Death A fun and very different murder mystery se ..read more

St Jordi – the love of books! There’s a very special day in the Spanish literary calendar. A day where you give someone a book! It used to be the case that it was a day of both romance and books so a man would give a woman a rose, and a woman would give a man a book. Quite honestly, I think, as many obviously did, that women weren’t getting the good end of the deal. So, now anyone can give anyone a book or/and a rose. 23rd April is a key date in Spanish literary calendars but also around the world – St George’s Day, World Book Day and Shakespeare’s birthday! Honestly, you HAVE to go to Barce ..read more

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers- Samuel Burr Believe me when I say you have never read a novel like this before. It’s a puzzle of a puzzle inside another puzzle Where the pieces of said puzzle lead someone to find out who they are and where they come from. It’s a real delight is what it is! Map of locations in The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : London just for starters Author guide: Samuel Burr Genre: mystery Food and drink to accompany: After Eights as they are like giant puzzle pieces #Bookreview @thebooktrailer A novel to transport you to the world ..read more

Romance set in Dorset’s Kittwake Cove A ray of sunshine in book form. Dorset and Barcelona here I come! Kittwake Cove might be fictional but it’s not when you visit with Heidi Swain! Map of literary locations in The Holiday Escape BOARDING PASS INFORMATION Destination : Dorset and Barcelona Author guide: Heidi Swain Genre: romance Food and drink to accompany: ooh you just wait! #Bookreview @thebooktrailer A novel to transport you to Kittiwake Cove   Map of literary locations in The Holiday Escape The locations of this book were just delightful. Barcelona was a treat, but the book immers ..read more