2020 Annual Group Challenge : Seperated By a Pond Tour

Separated by a Pond Tour

This is the collective Group Challenge for The Annual Challenge for 2020 where, between us, we are looking to try and visit the states, counties and provinces of The USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Some may be easier than others!

To get a book added to the challenge post it below when you have read it, giving the book title, author and which state, county or province it visited. I will then allocate it to the right state / county / province. The book only has to visit the location and not all be set in that area. Each book can only be used for one state, county or province.

For the challenge in this group any genre of books can be used.

Good luck and happy travels, and enjoy this fun challenge...

U. S. A. : States ✅ Completed

Alabama : 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham
Alaska : Thin Ice by Paige Shelton
Arizona : The Coyote by Michael McBride
Arkansas : A Painted House by John Grisham
California : Silence by Thomas Perry
Colorado : Bucking the Tiger by Marcus Galloway
Connecticut : Silver Lake by Kathryn Knight
Delaware : I Will Always Find You by Willow Sanders
Florida : A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Georgia : Haunted by Kay Hooper
Hawaii : Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach
Idaho : The Tamarack Murders by Patrick F. McManus
Illinois : A Gift for Dying by M J Arlidge
Indiana : All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Iowa : Eleven Days by Donald Harstad
Kansas : Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Kentucky : The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones
Louisiana : Viva Durant and the Secret of the Silver Buttons by Ashli St. Armant
Maine : The Wolf In Winter by John Connolly
Maryland : The Sugar House by Laura Lippman
Massachusetts : Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather
Michigan : Dead Sleeping Shaman by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Minnesota : This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Mississippi : Them Bones by Carolyn Haines
Missouri : The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Montana : Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean
Nebraska : Salvation Station by Kathryn Schleich
Nevada : Desperation by Stephen King
New Hampshire : The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
New Jersey : Caught by Harlan Coben
New Mexico : Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
New York : The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katherine Green
North Carolina : Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs
North Dakota : Ghosts of North Dakota by Troy Larson
Ohio : The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
Oklahoma : An Innocent Man by John Grisham
Oregon : A Crime of Hate by L J Sellers
Pennsylvania : The Amish Christmas Kitchen by Kelly Long
Rhode Island : The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor
South Carolina : The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
South Dakota : The Silent Partner by Marcus Galloway
Tennessee : Fear The Dark by Kay Hooper
Texas : Collision of Lies by Tom Threadgill
Utah : Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Vermont : Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindberg
Virginia : Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison
Washington : The Girl in the Woods by Gregg Olsen
Washington DC : The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
West Virginia : A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson
Wisconsin : The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Wyoming : Split Estate by Charlotte Bacon

Canada : Provinces ✅ Completed

Alberta : The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan
British Columbia : The Forgotten Explorer - Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition by Charles Helm
Manitoba : Body Traffic by Alex Domokos
New Brunswick : The Case Against Owen Williams by Allan Donaldson
Newfoundland & Labrador : The Billionaires Secret by Meadow Taylor
Northwest Territories : The Survivor by Peter Tadman
Nova Scotia : Indefensible by Pamela Callow
Nunavut : Ice Drift by Theodore Taylor
Ontario : Moonheart by Charles De Lint
Prince Edward Island : A Time and a Place by Joe Mahoney
Quebec : Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Saskatchewan : Dust by Arthur Slade
Yukon : Strange Things Done by Elle Wild

England : Counties 4 left

Bedfordshire : Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L Sayers
Berkshire : A Pale Horse by Charles Todd
Bristol (City of) : Watching You by Lisa Jewell
Buckinghamshire : The Black Cat by Martha Grimes
Cambridgeshire : Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Cheshire : The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn
City of London : The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza
Cornwall : The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware
County Durham : The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor
Cumbria : Fear on the Phantom Special by Edward Marston
Derbyshire : The Kill Call by Stephen Booth
Devon : A Dirty Death by Rebecca Tope
Dorset : Persuasion by Jane Austen
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex : Murder on the Brighton Express by Edward Marston
Essex : Lady Audley‘ s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Gloucestershire : Men at Arms by Evelyn Waugh
Greater London : Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
Greater Manchester : Still Life by Val McDermid
Hampshire : The Doll's House by M.J. Arlidge
Herefordshire : The Dragons of Archenfield by Edward Marston
Hertfordshire : Howard’s End by E M Forster
Isle of Wight : The Bed I Made by Lucie Whitehouse
Kent : The Penrose Mystery by R Austin Freeman
Lancashire : Backlash by Sally Spencer
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire : Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
Merseyside : The Dying Place by Luca Veste
Norfolk : The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
North Yorkshire : Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson
Northamptonshire : Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton
Northumberland : Ryan’s Christmas by L J Ross
Nottinghamshire : A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene
Oxfordshire : Stone Cold by Jenny Hilbourne
Rutland : Murder in the Title by Simon Brett
Shropshire : In the Frame by Dick Francis
Somerset : Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire : Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
Suffolk : I’ll Be Seeing You by Margaret Mayhew
Surrey : Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks
Tyne and Wear : The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah
Warwickshire
West Midlands : Evil Games by Angela Marsons
West Sussex : Sanditon by Jane Austen
West Yorkshire : A Stranger in the Family by Robert Bernard
Wiltshire : Into The Blue by Robert Goddard
Worcestershire : The Witch Elm by Tana French

Map of English Counties : http://myenglandtravel.com/images/all_england_counties_map.gif

Scotland : Regions / Island Areas
1 left

Strathclyde (region) : A Litter of Bones by J.D. Kirk
Dumfries and Galloway (region) : Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets by Jessica A Fox
Borders (region) : Borderlands by L J Ross
Lothian (region) : In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin
Central (region) : The Crow Road by Iain Banks
Fife (region) : A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
Tayside (region) : Letters From the Dead by Steve Robinson
Grampian (region) : Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen
Highland (region) : Death of a Kingfisher by M C Beaton
Western Isles (islands area)
Shetland (islands area) : The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
Orkney (islands area) : The Seal King Murders by Alanna Knight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Scotland_(1973–1996)

Wales : Preserved Counties
4 left

Gwent - comprises Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen
South Glamorgan - comprises Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan : Last Seen Breathing by David Williams
Mid Glamorgan - comprises Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf
West Glamorgan- comprises Neath Port Talbot, Swansea
Dyfed - comprises Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire : The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Powys - comprises Powys
Gwynedd - comprises Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey
Clwyd - comprises Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham : Richard II by William Shakespeare

Ireland : Counties
16 left

Antrim (Northern Ireland) : Exit Unicorns by Cindy Brandner
Armagh (Northern Ireland)
Carlow
Cavan
Clare : Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor
Cork : Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
Donegal : Death on a Cold Wild River by Bartholomew Gill
Down (Northern Ireland)
Dublin : A Hunt in Winter by Conor Brady
Fermanagh (Northern Ireland)
Galway : The Ghosts of Galway by Ken Bruen
Kerry
Kildare : Sister Caravaggio by Maeve Binchy and others
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick : The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton
Londonderry / Derry (Northern Ireland)
Longford
Louth
Mayo : Impostor by L J Ross
Meath: Daughter of Ireland by Julienne Osbourne-McKnight
Monaghan
Offaly : The Forgotten Summer by Carol Drinkwater
Roscommon : Ferocious Irish Women by Edmund Lenihan
Sligo : Poems from a Life by Des Greene
Tipperary : Secrets of Willow Houseby Susan O'Leary
Tyrone (Northern Ireland) : Murder in County Tyrone by Padraig O’Hannon
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford : Irish Folk Tales by Henry Glassie
Wicklow : The Secrets of Roscarbury Hall by Ann O'Loughlin

I actually found two. YEAH!!!

England
City of London - The Night Stalker - Robert Bryndza
Somerset - Daisy in Chains - Sharon Bolton

Have you finished these, or are they ones you are planning to read. I’m reading A Crime of Hate by L J Sellers, which is set in Eugene, Oregon. Love that series - Detective Wade Jackson.

I'm finished with The Sharon Bolton book and have about 30 pages left of The Robert Bryndza book. I'll be done with it in just a few minutes.

>10 Carol420: That’s an accelerated start to the year. 👏👏👏

>11 Andrew-theQM: I started them before we started the group read and was very near to being done yesterday but I figured as long as I finished them in January and I listed them bot in my January reads it was okay. I imagine that everything we find that is in England will more than likely be London...Scotland, Edinburgh...Ireland...Dublin and Wales...something no one can pronounce let alone spell. The U.S. is going to be littered with New York...New York City, California..Los Angles etc... Everybody knows the big cities so authors tend to use them rather that going out on a limb to find a lesser known one. That is starting to change to some degree. I was amazed to find Somerset.

>12 Carol420: It definitely counts if it’s finished in January. Unusually for me I finished all books before midnight yesterday - so 2020 is a total clean slate. There are a number of detective books from around the UK and in rural areas. Robert Goddard Books also tend to be based around the country. I think Wales, Scotland Ireland and the Republic could present greater challenges - not to mention Canada. Should be an interesting year.

Oh wow! What a great challenge. I'm currently reading the final two Irene Radford books, so there is Edinburgh, the fictional Kirkenwood from the North of England (near the Scottish border but she's the first to say it's fictionalized) and the City of London. I'll keep this list in mind, too, when I select books to read for this year.

Thank you for doing such extensive work on naming counties setting up this challenge. Having your skills is a boon to this group!

>12 Carol420: So there are some great murder mysteries set in and around Atlanta by Karin Slaughter and Kathy Hogan Trochek. And Patricia Cornwall sets hers in the DC area (though you've probably read all of them :)). And James Kellerman is the Los Angeles area.

If you really want to get Southern gothic-y, Flannery O'Conner is "somewhere in rural Georgia." And The Yearling is 1870's-era rural Florida. Not that I can read the latter after seeing the movie, and I had waaay too much of the former in high school American Lit class (being from Atlanta).

And the Susan Cooper series - need to re-read those for this challenge. And if anyone in this group hasn't yet read the Outlander series, now would be a good time to check them out (I really, really liked them).

Hmmm. . . what else?

>15 threadnsong: Thanks for the recommendations. I think this challenge is going to be ..."Challenging".

>16 Carol420: Yes, yes it will. In a good way.

Oh, and knowing your penchant for ghostie-mysteries, I re-read a YA book in 2018 called Court of the Stone Children. It is set in San Francisco and another state (where the heroine moves from with her family). It may be out of print but it has ghosts and mysteries and a daring heroine.

Thanks >14 threadnsong: It did take a fair amount of research. Happy New Year.

>15 threadnsong: >16 Carol420: It will stretch our research skills as well as the range of books we read. I was thinking of doing a weekly post naming one of the counties / states etc so people could recommend books for that area.

Thanks fir the recommendations >17 threadnsong:

>19 Andrew-theQM: You know, that could be a good way to guide the reading. We have such a variety of readers and you could get a variety of recommendations for each county and state.

Wonder where The Mabinogion would fit?? And certainly Irene Radford's first three books take the reader into various parts of England. And then there's the sections of Wales and England associated with Arthur and Merlin as mentioned in The Crystal Cave.

Note: the Touchstones seem not to be working tonight.

Ed: the Touchstones are finally working again!

What fun! Right now, I am reading sci fi set in outer space but once I return to planet Earth, I will be participating!

Great to have you on board >21 leslie.98:, and hopefully it will be fun. One year we’ll have to cover outer space or Fantasy lands!

Oregon : A Crime of Hate by L J Sellers. Detective story set in Eugene, Oregon.Detective Wade Jackson Series.

Alaska - Thin Ice - Paige Shelton

Scottish Borders : Borderlands by L J Ross
Book 14 in the excellent DCI Ryan Series set in North-East of England, although this one took them across the border into Scotland.

England: Kent
The Penrose Mystery by R. Austin Freeman, book #22 in the Dr. Thorndyke series
Although Dr. Thorndyke is based in the city of London, this mystery centers around events in Kent involving Julieberrie's Grave (a Neolithic barrow near Chilham).

California: Silence i Thomas Perry

England/ Cornwall - The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

Washington DC : The President is Missing by Janes Patterson and Bill Clinton

Updated to 29.

Maine: Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman
Pennsylvania: Zenith Man by Jennifer Haigh
New York: Can You Feel This? by Julie Orringer,

BTW, I hate to sound like an English teacher but separated is misspelled in the thread title... (ma and pa are separated is how I remember this!)

Good spot >31 leslie.98:, Unfortunately one of the frustrating things about Librarything is that it won’t allow you to edit the titles.

North Yorkshire, England : Many Rivers to Cross by Peter Robinson

Scotland: Wigtown (Dumfries and Galloway?): Three Things You Need To Know About Rockets by Jessica Fox; 2012 memoir

>34 kac522: Yes it is Dumfries and Galloway. We holiday every year near Wigtown. Beautiful area.

County Tyrone - Murder in County Tyrone Padraig O'Hannon

Greater London - Notting Hill - Where Memories Lie - Deborah Crombie 4★s

OK, for this ignorant American, could someone explain to me the difference between City of London and Greater London? If I am reading a book set in London, which would I pick?

>38 leslie.98: The City of London is the historic centre of London and the financial / business district. It is known locally as the city and the square mile, as it only covers 1.12 square miles. This article gives more information on the wards covered as well as a map.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London

Greater London is the rest of London, most books will be set in Greater London. If it covers The Bank of England, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower, Temple (figures in code type books), Barbican, the Old Bailey and London Bridge it will be the City of London.

I doubt if I would get far with this challenge on a personal basis,like last year'schallenge. Too many of my reads are set on distance planets or in space! lol.
But I will join in with the groupchallenge,even if I only contribute a few regions! :0)

>40 dustydigger: Every little helps. 😊

>30 rainpebble: Are this one’s you have finished or ones you are planning to read?

Updated up to 37.

Thanks for the clarification Andrew!

Ohio : The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

England: Nottinghamshire
A Gun for Sale (aka "This Gun for Hire") by Graham Greene

Orkney (islands area) - The Seal King Murders - Alanna Knight
Kansas - Dark Places - Gillian Flynn
Virginia - Good Girls Lie - J.T. Elliston
Connecticut -Silver lake - Katheryn Knight
Washington - The Girl in the Woods - Gregg Olsen
Wales - Dyfed -The Owl Service - Alan Garner
Northamptonshire - Dead Woman Walking - Sharon Bolton

I'd encourage you all to use and contribute to the Fiction and Non-Fiction by Location Wikis for this challenge. Please feel free to add the counties for UK, etc. I think US States and Canadian Provinces are mostly on there, but Great Britain is only broken down into England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland at the moment.

Fiction: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/FictionLocation
Non-Fiction: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Non-Fiction_Location

>48 thornton37814: Thanks for this, a great resource which i’m sure we will add to.

England: Greater London
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James

England: Sussex
Sanditon, Jane Austen--the village of Sanditon is thought to be based on Worthing, now in West Sussex

>42 Andrew-theQM:;
Andrew, these are the ones I have read.
Thank you for all you do. :-)

Thanks, and I love doing it. Thanks for taking part. 😊

U.S.A.: California
More Bedtime Stories for Cynics by multiple authors (it's a collection of short stories)
One of the stories is set in the California desert.

>51 kac522: I am hoping to reread that this week before the PBS adaptation begins!

Just finished A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs > It takes place mostly in Florida.

>54 leslie.98: It's short; a lot of characters introduced, but not much plot. Will be interesting to see what Andrew Davies' does with it, as I understand he wrote an ending.

>55 lowelibrary: Welcome to the group. Glad you are joining us for this one.

>56 kac522: Yes, I am curious to see it as well.

Have put a link down in >4 Andrew-theQM: for a map of the English Counties.

http://myenglandtravel.com/images/all_england_counties_map.gif

West Yorkshire - Leeds - A Stranger in the Family - Robert Bernard 3.5★s
Lancashire - Fictional town of Whitebridge - Backlash - Sally Spencer 3.5★s
East Sussex - Brighton - Murder on the Brighton Express - Edward Marston 4★s
Devon - Fictional village - A Dirty Death - Rebecca Tope 4★s

England: Sussex
Sanditon by Jane Austen - see post 51 for details

Wales: Clwyd
Richard II by William Shakespeare
Several important scenes take place in Wales. I assign them to Clwyd because that is where Conwy Castle is located (the refuge of Richard II from Bolingbroke's forces historically).

>61 leslie.98: Love Conwy Castle and surrounding coastline.

I have never been to Wales... but I jumped at the chance to claim a Welsh county! I think those will be the hardest for me.

Maine - The Wolf In Winter - John Connolly
Florida -Black & Blue - Anna Quindlen
West Midlands - Evil Games - Angela Marsons
County Durham - The Hiding Place -C.J. Tudor
Central Region (Scotland) The Crow Road - Iain Banks
County Antrim (Ireland) - Exit Unicorns - Cindy Brandner
Hampshire - The Doll's House - M.J. Arlidge
North Carolina - Where The Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Missouri - The Weight of Blood - Laura McHugh
Cornwall - The Magpie Tree - Katherine Stansfield
County Wicklow (Ireland) -The Secrets of Roscarbury Hall - Ann O'Laughlin
Delaware -I Will Always Find You - Willow Sanders
Alabama - 13 Alabama Ghost and Jeffrey - Kathryn Tucker Windham
Devon - A Painted Doom - Kate Ellis
Lothian (region) - House of Lies - Ian Rankin
Alberta (Canada) - The Lucky Elephant Restaurant - Garry Ryan
Arkansas - A Painted House - John Grisham
New York - In The Blood - Lisa Unger
Georgia - Haunted - Kay Hooper
Vale of Glamorgan (Wales) - Last Seen Breathing - David William

U.S.A.: New York
The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katherine Green

Cambridgeshire : Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

England: Gloucestershire
Men at Arms by Evelyn Waugh
Guy Crouchback spends time with his sister in a house that is supposed to be based upon Waugh's home Piers Court in Gloucestershire.

U.S.A.: Louisiana
Viva Durant and the Secret of the Silver Buttons by Ashli St. Armant
Takes place in New Orleans

England: West Midlands
Living by Henry Green
set in Birmingham

Ireland: Sligo
Poems from a Life by Des Greene
One of the poems is named "Sligo" and several others refer to it.

Virginia : The First Lady by James Patterson and Brendan Du Bois ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 14/1/20

England: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte; probably North Yorkshire. Although "Wildfell Hall" is thought to be based on Ponden Hall known to Anne in West Yorkshire, most agree that Bronte places the location of Wildfell Hall near Scarborough, which is in N. Yorkshire, as it is located near the sea, and was a place known to her (and where she died).

England: Devon
An Autobiography by Agatha Christie; she grew up in Torquay and had a house there all her life (as well as houses elsewhere)

England: Hampshire
They Tell No Tales by Manning Coles; set in Portsmouth.

✔1978 - ☊ -Eye of The Needle by Ken Follett - 445 Pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/8/2020

Takes place on Storm Island, Scotland

England: Lincolnshire
Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr. I had no idea that Gideon Fell's home was near Lincoln!

✔ - Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko - USA, California (Alcatraz island, to be exact)

✔ - The Cat Who Came For Christmas by Cleveland Amory - USA, New York

✔ - Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey - USA, Utah

✔ - The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson - USA, District of Columbia -or- Virginia

✔ - An Amish Christmas Kitchen by Kelly Long - USA, Pennsylvania

England: England and other Stories, Graham Swift. Most of the stories give no location, a few are set in London, and several have various locations. So I'm going with the title story, "England", which is set in Exmoor, Somerset.

Washington, D.C. and probably Virginia (as >76 BookConcierge: mentions above) for The President is Missing. There is a section that takes place in a cabin in a wooded area, and that sounds more like Arlington, VA, than Washington, D.C.

OK, just re-read the instructions above, and came across Andrew's sentence: "Each book can only be used for one state, county or province."

So, I'll just quietly ask to have the area of Arlington, VA be ignored for "President is Missing" above.

Or as the late Rosanne Rosanna Danna would say, "Never mind!"

I forgot about this! I want to read through the entire thread, then I should be able to go back to what I've read, so far, this year and add... (I won't likely do this tonight, as I won't have time before bed.)

USA: Connecticut (New Haven): The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander. A memoir of love, loss and light.

>79 threadnsong: I think what Andrew meant was that for the group thread there needs to only be one book per location but you can post as many as you would like for as many locations on your own personal thread. If a book seems to have multiple locations just choose the main one for the group thread but you can list the book for all of them on your person thread if you wish. Does that make sense to you?

✔Indiana - 2015 - All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - 416 Pgs.- ★★★★★ - 1/20/2020
Just finished this audio. A heartbreaking love story about 2 fragile and damaged high school kids named Violet and Finch. Niven‘s writing is excellent despite the difficult topic. Narration alternates between Finch and Violet. Very touching and an honest depiction of depression and mental illness. Looking forward to Netflix movie 2/28/20.

>81 kac522: >82 Carol420: I meant that if a book visits four countries as Carol says you choose one of them to use for that book. No reason why someone else can’t choose that book for another country. I also agree The President is Missing could easily be used for Virginia, at one point I even remember them crossing the bridge over the Potomac into Virginia.

England: Kent
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen

>85 leslie.98: Love Rhys Bowen, recently read the first two Molly Malone books.

>85 leslie.98: A lot of Rhys Bowens books are on DVD.

>86 Andrew-theQM:, >87 Carol420: I find the Her Royal Spyness series fun fluff -- often the situations are absurd but the characters are entertaining. I haven't tried any of the Molly Malone books but have read 1 or 2 of the Constable Evans ones. In fact, I should read one of those for another Welsh book!

U.S.A./Alabama
The Radical King by Martin Luther King, Jr. & Cornel West
There were several locations I could choose from in this book but I chose Alabama for the Montegomery bus boycott.

>88 leslie.98: That’s what I am hoping to do.

ENGLAND: Kent The Mystery of the Blue Train, Agatha Christie.

Although much of this Poirot mystery takes place in France, a few scenes with major character Miss Katherine Grey are in the fictitious Kent village of St. Mary Mead. This book was written in 1928, 2 years before the debut of a more famous resident of the same village, Miss Jane Marple. In the later books, Christie has the village in made-up counties, but this earliest mention of St. Mary Mead is specifically located in Kent.

USA: Massachusetts (Boston): Alexander's Bridge, Willa Cather (1912)

England: Shropshire
In the Frame by Dick Francis

Though most of the exciting action of the book takes place in Australia & New Zealand, the story (and the mystery) starts and finishes in Shropshire with Charles Todd's cousin Donald.

England: Somerset
The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

Quite a bit of the action takes place in the fictional town of Littlebath, which Trollope based upon Bath (according to Wikipedia).

#Minnesota 15.✔2019 - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger - 464 Pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/24/2020
1932 #Minnesota 4 orphans (Odie Banion, Albert (Odie's brother), Mose, (their friend), Emmy (broken-hearted little girl) on life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. A big-hearted epic that shows how the American landscape connects us all. Krueger is a master storyteller with beautiful prose. Well-plotted and imaginative with endearing characters. Recommended for adult and YA readers.

New York : The Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen

Georgia : The Winner by David Baldacci

Kildare : Sister Caravaggio by Maeve Binchy and others

Ok, finally taking time for this!

I have two to add for British Columbia, Canada:
- The Forgotten Explorer / Samuel Prescott Fay (finished Jan 3)
- Michelle Remembers / Michelle Smith, Lawrence Pazder (finished Jan 25)

Massachusetts:
- Tuesdays With Morrie / Mitch Albom (finished Jan 4)

New Mexico:
- Tyrannosaur Canyon / Douglas Preston (finshed Jan 10)

Minnesota:
- Dead to You / Lisa McMann (finished Jan 11)

New York:
- Triangle / Katharine Weber (finished Jan 17)
- The Woman in the Window / A.J. Finn (finished Jan 21)

Now, I have one in England, one in Scotland, and one in Ireland, but I wouldn't be able to tell you what counties!

Well, the Ireland one was all over the country.

England (This will be the city of London):
No Will But His / Sara Hoyt

Scotland (one of the important places listed on the book page says: "Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK", but I don't know what area/region that is! I'm even looking at wikipedia... Help!):
Royal Flush / Rhys Bowen

Ireland (this is nonfiction - the starvation in the 19th century due to the failure of the potato crop; it was everywhere. Any ideas the best place to put this one?)
The Great Hunger / Cecil Woodham-Smith

>98 LibraryCin: Balmoral would be in Grampian (Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen and Moray).

I’ll check up on the Great Hunger.

Never mind. My books are already covered by someone else; just not listed.

>100 rainpebble: I need to catch up on the listing.

>99 Andrew-theQM: Thank you! I was looking in your list for Aberdeenshire, but it wasn't there!

New Jersey:
Caught / Harlan Coben. (finished Jan 27)

Virginia:
Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl / Susan McCorkindale
Finished Jan 31

✔Texas - 2020 - Collision of Lies by Tom Threadgill - 400 Pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/27/2020

England: North Yorkshire
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

✔North Carolina 1999 - Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs - 480 Pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/2/2020

✔Seattle Washington 2009 - ☊ The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - 338 Pgs. - ★★★★★ - 2/3/2020

Haven't written my review yet, but just finished today:

New York
Manhattan Beach / Jennifer Egan. 3 stars

England: City of London
Felo de Se by R. Austin Freeman - much of the action occurs at Clifford's Inn (formerly part of the Inns of Chancery) located in the City of London

Updated to 64.

(Sorry, I've fallen a bit behind! Will have to catch up in increments 😀)

Now up to 103, but too tired to go any further tonight 😴

😀

Are we adding more than one for each, or just stopping at one?

I have one for Connecticut:
A Noise Downstairs / Linwood Barclay. 4 stars (finished today)

SCOTLAND: Lothian (Edinburgh): Listening Valley by D. E. Stevenson.

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Nevada - Desperation - Stephen King
Utah - If I Can't Have You - Gregg Olsen
Galway (Ireland) -The Ghosts of Galway Ken Bruen
Arizona - The Coyote - Michael McBride
Michigan - Dead Sleeping Shaman - Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Strathclyde (region) - (Glasglow) - A Litter of Bones- J.D. Kirk
Nova Scotia - Indefensible - Pamela Callow
New Hampshire - The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay
Tennessee - Fear The Dark - Kay Hooper
Devon - A Painted Doom - Kate Ellis
Manitoba - Body Traffic - Alex Domokos
Isle of Wight - The Bed I Made- Lucie Whitehouse

South Carolina : The Underground Railway by Colson Whitehead

Merseyside : The Dying Place by Luca Veste

Nottinghamshire ,: The Silent Ones by K L Slater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6/2/20

>82 Carol420: Yes, this makes sense. I'll look to find the most relevant place in the book that I read that fits this category. It's fun seeing all the places that people are finding thus far!

>118 threadnsong: This has turned out to be much easier than I thought it would be. It is a lot of fun.

Ide Hill, Kent: Guardian of the Promise by Irene Radford

It also has action that takes place in London and Edinburgh and Greenwich, if you still need to fill in those places (even though Wikipedia shows Greenwich as being part of greater London now, though this book takes place during the realm of Elizabeth I).

>120 threadnsong: Yes Greenwich is part of Greater London. Home of the Prime Meridian.

>121 Andrew-theQM: Thanks for confirming Andrew. And GMT is definitely the standard in question!

ENGLAND: Greater London (Bloomsbury): Partners in Crime, Agatha Christie (1929)

USA: Arkansas: They Called Us Enemy, a 2019 graphic memoir by George Takei. Takei, most famous for his role as Sulu on Star Trek, was born in California, but spent 4 years of his early life in Japanese "internment" camps in Arkansas and California during WWII. Powerful.

Colorado - Denver - Bucking the Tiger - Marcus Galloway 4.5★s

Updated to 125.

We're going great guns everyone 👍😀

>126 Andrew-theQM: You seem to have missed my entry for Ireland/Sligo (post #70) unless poetry doesn't count?

Wyoming:
Split Estate / Charlotte Bacon. 3 stars (finished today 2/11/20)

Updated to 128.

>127 leslie.98: Thanks for pointing it out, Leslie. Sorry I missed it first time round, ☺️

(done thru 128)
North Dakota - Ghosts of North Dakota - Troy Larson
Minnesota - The Heavens May Fall - Allen Eskens
Surry - Her One Mistake - Heidi Perks
Idaho- The Tamarack Murders - Patrick F. McManus
Manitoba - Body Traffic - Alex Domokos
Isle of Wight - The Bed I Made- Lucie Whitehouse
West Virginia - A Cold Dark Place - Toni Anderson
Prince Edward Island - A Time and a Place- Joe Mahoney
Saskatchewan- Dust - Arthur Slade
Hawaii -Death of A Messenger- Robert McGaw
Oxfordshire - Stone Cold - Jenny Hilbourne
Kentucky - The Next Time You See Me - Holly Goddard Jones
County Clare -Murder in an Irish Churchyard - Carlene O'Connor
Norfolk - The Stone Circle - Elly Giffith
Worchestershire -The Witch Elm - Tana French

>129 Andrew-theQM: No problem - there are a lot of posts so it's easy to overlook a few! Just glad that it "counts" as it is my only Irish book so far.

>131 leslie.98: You sometimes get dizzy going up and down through the posts so very easy to miss one. I am currently reading a book set in County Mayo, Impostor by L J Ross.

Illinois : A Gift for Dying by M J Arlidge
Highland : Death of a Kingfisher by M C Beaton

Vermont - Gift From the Sea by Ann Morrow Lindberg

IRELAND: County Cork: Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope (1860); set during the Great Famine 1846-8 near Mallow, County Cork, and about 25 miles from the ancestral home of my g-g-g-grandparents.

USA: Ohio: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (1970); set in Lorain, Ohio, on Lake Erie.

County Mayo : Impostor by L J Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 12/2/20

Rhode Island : The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 15/2/20

Cumbria : Fear on the Phantom Special by Edward Marston ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️16/2/20

Florida : The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 17/2/20

U.S.A.: Massachusetts
Mew is for Murder by Clea Simon

U.S.A.: Alaska
Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood; the action is divided between Chicago, Illinois and the Prudhoe Bay area of Alaska. I chose Alaska as it is much more likely that I will read some other book set in Illinois than Alaska :)

South Dakota - Deadwood - The Silent Partner - Marcus Galloway 4.5★s

USA: Montana: Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean, 1992

USA Hawaii -Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach This was allover the world but part of it took place in Hawaii

Updated to 142.

(Done to 142)

Iowa - Eleven Days - Donald Harstad
New Brunswick - The Case Against Owen Williams - Allan Donaldson
County Limerick - The Celtic Riddle - Lyn Hamilton
Nebraska - Salvation Station - Kathryn Schleich
Quebec - Death du Jour - Kathy Reichs
Dorset- Overture to Death - Ngaio Marsh
Mississippi - Them Bones - Carolyn Haines
Maryland - The Sugar House - Laura Lippman
Derbyshire - The Kill Call - Stephen Booth
County Offaly - The Forgotten Summer - Carol Drinkwater
Yukon - Strange Things Done - Elle Wild
Dublin - A Hunt in Winter Conor Brady
Nunavut (Canda) - Ice Drift - Theodore Taylor

Tyne & Wear (Newcastle upon Tyne) - The Murder Wall - Mari Hannah 4★s
Berkshire (Uffington) - A Pale Horse - Charles Todd 4★s
Wiltshire (Haslemere) - Into the Blue - Robert Goddard 4.5★s

England: Cornwall
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian by Stuart Palmer. A significant portion of the book takes place at Dinsul (aka St. Michael's Mount).

England: Staffordshire
Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett. One of Bennett's 'Five Towns' series about life in the Staffordshire Potteries (the Stoke-on-Trent area).

U.S.A.: Maine
Deadly Nightshade by Elizabeth Daly

England: Dorset
Persuasion by Jane Austen
(added later) also The Dreadful Hollow by Nicholas Blake

For Mississippi, I just read Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

Ireland - County Roscommon - Ferocious Irish Women "Lady Betty"
Ireland - County Meath - Daughter of Ireland Hill and settlement of Tara

>148 AuroraCH: Welcome to the group. Glad to have you joining us.

England: Cambridgeshire
The Vanishing of Dr Winter by L.B. Hathaway
About half the action of this book takes place in Cambridge and environs.

England: Norfolk
Crossword Mystery by E.R. Punshon

England: Oxfordshire
The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin

U.S.A.: Illinois
The Lucky Stiff by Craig Rice

Ireland - County Wexford - Irish Folk Tales "Jack and the Cluricaune"

Canada: Quebec
A Better Man by Louise Penny

Finally a book set in Canada! I am surprised that it has taken me so long to read even one book set in Canada & will have to do better as the year progresses.

U.S.A.: Mississippi
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley

I'm not sure if this counts:

Scotland: Scottish Highlands, in the imaginary place of Ardfalloch

Smouldering Fire, D. E. Stevenson. Stevenson makes a point to provide a "map" of the village, loch and environs; and in the foreword to let us know that "the best road to take to Ardfalloch is an easy chair."

U.S.A.: Connecticut
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

>156 kac522: I would count it. Just as I counted Quebec in Louise Penny's story involving the imaginary village of Three Pines...

England: Bedfordshire
One of the short stories in Lord Peter Views the Body takes place there...

Ireland: County Kildare
Good Behaviour by Molly Keane

This book doesn't really specify its location in Ireland other than the fictional house Temple Alice but as it is semi-autobiographical, I have assigned it to County Kildare as that is where Keane grew up.

Scotland, Tayside : Letters from the Dead by Steve Robinson

>159 Andrew-theQM: I'm not quite that far in the series yet. I didn't like the first book so it took me awhile to pick up the second. I liked it better. #3 is next up for me.

>160 thornton37814: My favourite is book 5 and they did get better after a slow start.

England: Essex: Lady's Audley Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

England: Hertfordshire: Howards End, E. M. Forster

USA: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh): Fences, a play by August Wilson (1986)

U.S.A.: Texas
Spill, a play by Leigh Fondakowski. It centers around the Gulf of Mexico, with parts in Louisiana & parts in Texas.

U.S.A.: North Carolina
Buried by Buttercups by Joyce & Jim Lavene

U.S.A.: Virginia
The Spies that Bind by Ally Carter

Canada - Ontario
Moonheart by Charles de Lint (Ottawa)

U.S.A.: Georgia
Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic by Nick Carr

England: Hertfordshire
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

>156 kac522: Yes it does.

England: Cumbria: A Tale of Beatrix Potter: a Biography, Margaret Lane (1946). Although raised in London, Potter lived the last half (and happiest years) of her life on Hill Top Farm, near Sawrey.

Ireland: Wicklow
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles L. Maturin
The book is set in County Wicklow, though the plot wanders all over in stories told to young Melmoth in his Irish house.

U.S.A.: Wyoming
Blood Sport by Dick Francis
Englishman Gene Hawkins agrees to help out an American friend of his boss whose newly purchased stud horse has mysteriously gone missing. Gene travels to New York, Kentucky, Wyoming, Nevada and California before successfully returning home. I chose Wyoming as the action that happens there is pivotal (plus it is the state I am least likely to come across again in my reading!).

U.S.A.: Montana
Death of a Dude by Rex Stout
Nero Wolfe is forced to leave his NYC brownstone and fly to Montana to help out Archie and Lily Rowan solve a murder case involving Lily's ranch foreman.

U.S.A.: Florida
Dream Work by Mary Oliver
A few of the poems in this collection are set in Florida.

Scotland: Galloway (I guess that is Dumfries and Galloway on your list)
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Richard Hannay flees London after a murder occurs in his flat and travels to & around Galloway, Scotland while he tries to figure out who is responsible and what to do about it. And hurray for my first book set in Scotland!

>170 leslie.98: It is Dumfries and Galloway.

England: London: Dombey and Son, Dickens

England: Northamptonshire: Mansfield Park: an annotated edition, Austen

Updated up to 172

Almost there with US states, only two left to visit : Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
Canada two left : Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories.
England 12 left
Scotland 3 left
Wales 5 left
Ireland 16 left

And still not even the end of May!

Wisconsin - The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin

And then there was 1 US state.

Updated to 174

To 174

Tipperary (Ireland) - Secrets of Willow House - Susan O'Leary

>173 Andrew-theQM: Canada three left : Helm, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories

What's "Helm"? I scrolled back up and it looks like only Nfld/Labrador and NWT are left.

>177 LibraryCin: Whoops! That was the end of an author’s name 😳🤣 Shows I do not know Canada well enough. 😔
Apologies, yes there are only the two areas left in Canada.

>178 Andrew-theQM: LOL! Ah, that makes sense now! :-)

Up
to 174

Oklahoma - The Innocent Man - John Grisham
South Dakota - Nearly Departed in Deadwood - Ann Charles

Finished the 50 states.!!!

>180 Carol420: Well done on the home run! That’s one Country finished.

>180 Carol420: >181 Andrew-theQM: 👏👏👏

>182 Sergeirocks: Thank you. I am currently working on Canada. I need 3 more and it will be done. Wales is hard.

>183 Carol420: Yes Wales and some areas of Ireland are tougher.

Westmeath, Ireland (Athlone) : The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

>185 Andrew-theQM: I guess it's true that "great minds think alike". This is the very book that is sitting on my shelf that I was going to start tomorrow. Well done finding an Irish book! I'll still read the book but I think I'll search another city...maybe one in Wales.

Ireland: County Kerry
The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton

England: South Yorkshire
The Young Clementina by D.E. Stevenson

U.S.A.: New Jersey
Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

Northumberland (Berwick-upon-Tweed) - The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy - Rachel Joyce 5★s + ❤️

Gloucestershire (Cirencester) - Marnie - Winston Graham 4.5★s

>188 Sergeirocks: I loved that book too.

Warwickshire (Battle of Edgehill) The Image of the King by Richard Ollard
3***, most especially for the amount of scholarship in this small volume.

Where would I count a book set in Sutherland, Scotland? Is it just lumped into "Highlands"?

The book is Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton, and since I see another book by this author in the Highlands spot I will assume that is where it goes until or unless I hear otherwise.

Also, are we still missing a book for Oklahoma, U.S.A.? I have assigned Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry to Oklahoma - the book involves travel through many western U.S. states but does include a section in OK.

>191 leslie.98: Yes Sutherland comes under the Highlands.

>192 leslie.98: We have now got Oklahoma from a book >180 Carol420: read.

Thanks Andrew!

I haven't been completely following along, but I just took a quick look at the list at the top. I can finish off the US! It wasn't even that long ago that I read it:

For Oklahoma:
Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado / Nancy Mathis. 4 stars

D'oh! As I read the post above me, I guess it is already finished. Ah, well, I'll just post this, anyway. :-)

Wales: Powys
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters. While much of the book takes place in Shrewsbury (Shropshire), a significant portion occurs in Wales, near Llanfair

Scotland: Shetland
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

U.S.A.: Nebraska
The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

County Donegal - Still Life by Val McDermid

Andrew...I see that Oklahoma is missing from the U.S, states I finished all the U.S states on June 1st and I must have missed listing Oklahoma.

Oklahoma - The Innocent Man - John Grisham

Scotland: Iona/The Western Isles
The Well of Shades by Juliet Marillier

Also, Fortriu, in the Eastern Highlands, but that is already taken.

Do we still need Suffolk?

Suffolk (Southwold) - Out of the Sun - Robert Goddard 5★s + ❤️

>201 Sergeirocks: Yes we do still need Suffolk. 😊

Northwest Territories - The Survivor - Peter Tadman

England: Birkenhead (Cheshire or Merseyside?) The Doctor's Family and other Stories, Margaret Oliphant (1861).

These 2 stories and novella are the first installments of Oliphant's Carlingford series. Carlingford is said to be based on Birkenhead, where Oliphant lived for a time. At the time the stories were written, Birkenhead was part of Cheshire; today it is part of Merseyside.

I'll let the judges decide where to put it.

Canada: Saskatchewan
Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen

Ireland: County Cork
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
While most of the book takes place in London, there are a couple of important sections that occur in Ireland in a house supposed to be modelled on Bowen's Court near Kildorrery, County Cork.

England: Bristol/Clifton: The Misses Mallett by E. H. Young.

Young called the town in her novels Radstowe, but it is based on the Clifton area of greater Bristol. The "bridge" that figures prominently in the book is clearly the Clifton Suspension Bridge. I enjoyed the setting because my grandfather was born in Bristol.

>206 kac522: This one sounds interesting.

>207 Andrew-theQM: The bridge comes to represent the divide between city and country life, the divide between classes and the divide between generations in the early 20th century. I'm not sure any of the characters were entirely likeable, but they were all interesting.

Is the list of regions in >2 Andrew-theQM: through >7 Andrew-theQM: up to date? I was hoping to pick a book or two for December that fills in a gap.

>209 kac522: It definitely isn't up to date. I know that the U.S. is completed & there are a few English, Scottish & Welsh counties that I know have been done that aren't on the 'master list', such as Shetland in Scotland.

>210 leslie.98: >209 kac522: Apologies, as head teacher (principal) having to keep a school fully open during the pandemic in the north of England where rates are highest has taken all my time and energy. Will try to get it updated tomorrow.

>211 Andrew-theQM: No worries. I've got 3 grandchildren in school in Sheffield and I've heard what they've been through. Each child has taken a turn staying home for a couple of weeks due to a Covid case in their class. And in the case of the eldest in YR 7, it was his bus driver who had it! Oh, and my son (their dad) is student-teaching (not sure what it's called in England--he's observing & assisting?) in secondary school French classes, so they are all a busy group. I can only imagine everything that you must be doing (and not doing!) right now.

>1 Andrew-theQM: I have filled in the following that are not listed on the list.

U.S. States
Oklahoma - An Innocent Man - John Grisham

Canada
Northwest Territories - The Survivor - Peter Tadman

England
Bristol (City of) - Watching You - Lisa Jewell
Herefordshire - The Dragons of Archenfield - Edward Marston

Scotland
Shetland Island The Long Call - Ann Cleeves

Ireland
Donegal - Death on a Cold Wild River - Bartholomew Gill
Mayo : Impostor - L J Ross
Tipperary -Secrets of Willow House- Susan O'Leary

>213 Carol420: You’re a star Carol, Thanks 😊👍😍

>212 kac522: Sheffield is only 30 minutes drive from where my school is. It is thought times for all with Government expectations that schools fully open. But I do feel overall it is the right thing to do for the well being of the children, more so in Primary than Secondary where big issues. Cases in northern England been very high in this second peak. A tough time to learn being a teacher, but if can do it now can do it at any time. Just keep putting one foot in front of each other.

>214 Andrew-theQM: You are welcome. Glad to see that you are surviving.

>216 Carol420: Some days good, some days ok, some days come home and just fall to sleep. Like yesterday!

List now fully updated due to >216 Carol420:’s help.

U..S : Finished
Canada : 1 left
England : 9 left
Scotland : 2 left, although reading a Fife book now, so 1 left.
Wales : 4 left
Ireland : 16 left

I have done really badly with reading Canadian stuff this year, sadly! Usually do better.

I have a Newfoundland/Labrador suggestion, though. :-) If anyone is interested:
Annabel / Kathleen Winter

>218 Andrew-theQM:
Two more. I read The Black Cat last month for a challenge and forgot to post it and The Billionaire's Secret back i August but I thought Canada was finished. Now it is.
Buckinghamshire - The Black Cat - Martha Grimes
Newfoundland & Labrador - The Billionaires Secret - Meadow Taylor

List now fully updated due to >216 Carol420:’s help.

U..S : Finished
Canada : Finished
England : 8 left
Scotland : 2 left, although reading a Fife book now, so 1 left.
Wales : 4 left
Ireland : 16 left

Currently reading North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, which is set in the fictional "Milton Northern"--based on Manchester.

And thanks for the updates, Andrew, and all the best keeping children educated and safe. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Rutland : Murder in the Title by Simon Brett

Cheshire : The Winter Garden Mystery by Carols Dunn

Suffolk : I’ll Be Seeing You by Margaret Mayhew

>221 Andrew-theQM: Canada wasn't easy and parts of Scotland and Ireland don't seem to interest authors much. Wales...we can't pronounce any of those places anyway:) Every other book is set somewhere in England or New York or California. I'm waiting for the day that some other country other than England is the most visited "other country" and California and New York are not the "most Visited States" on the Where In The world Are We" topic threads:)

Greater Manchester : Still Life by Val McDermid

Fife : A Darker Domain by Val McDermid

Northumberland : Ryan’s Christmas by L J Ross

>225 Carol420: I just checked my bookshelves and found a YA for Maeve of Connacht, which would encompass Co. Leitrim in Ireland if that were, at the time, a County. It was not.

So then Wikipedia and the Greater Google got me searching for books set in Co. Leitrim. Unless I want some lovely maps and walking guides, nada. There was one that I can't quite muster ordering this year set in Leitrim, called The Dead Buried by the Dying about the famine years in Co. Leitrim.

*sigh* If only I was a mystery writer, sent to do some research or maybe some historical romance novels, set in each of Ireland's counties . . .

I have the following:

England: South Yorkshire
The Young Clementina by D.E. Stevenson

Wales: Powys
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters. While much of the book takes place in Shrewsbury (Shropshire), a significant portion occurs in Wales, near Llanfair

Ireland: County Kerry
The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton

England: East Riding of Yorkshire: Anderby Wold by Winifred Holtby, born in Rudston.