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I just finished Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland and it was such a good time. It was *by far* the horniest book I have ever read that contained zero actual sex. There were so many sex jokes. It was so joyfully and playfully queer. Julian was delightful, Avra was incredibly annoying (complimentary), Tev was emo and dramatic and I love them. The narrator was also great. If you like pirates, slapstick humour, and ridiculous shenanigans, I recommend.

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. It uses many real settings, transported eight decades back in time.

Stockholm Central Station plays a pivotal role as the story moves towards its climax. This modern image shows a mural in the station formed from a large photograph of it in 1943, at the time it is visited by the two central characters.

Find out more:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/index.html

Stockholm Central Station. The image shows a curving segmented wall that comes in from the right of the frame and extends away from us near the left side. The wall carries a very large black and white photograph of the interior of the station in 1943, with ticket offices on the right and doors to the outside in the background and people, mainly wearing hats. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the bottom left corner.

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in northern Scotland.

The beach at Oldshoremore in Sutherland is one of the most magnificent beaches anywhere. It is close to the home of one of the central characters and serves as a backdrop to the story as it develops. The beach also appears on the cover of the book.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/atw/index.html

The beach at Oldshoremore. The image shows an extensive length of beach facing to the left out to sea. It has light-coloured sand and is backed by dunes. There is marram grass at the foot of the frame and a headland sweeps to the left beyond the beach, ending in an island. The sea is rough and there are two tiny figures walling along the beach. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Just finished Paladin Of Souls, the second Chalion book, which was *great*; centering a formerly god-touched noble woman from book one (the mid-30s mother of the current queen), who grows fed up with her constrained life, feigns a pilgrimage to get out of the castle, meets a guy, meets another guy, deals with gods and sorcerers, and finds a new purpose in life. As much as I loved vol 1, the sequel is even better — can strongly recommend. 👍👍