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Get to know an area through the novels of an author who makes the setting a key player.

A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
Death in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan.

An Island Apart by Lillian Beckwith
Love and loss in the isolated Scottish Hebrides.

The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy
Characters lives shaped by their Irish town.

The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessen Boyle
Californian haves versus Mexican have-nots.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
English moor country defined.

Stained White Radiance by James Lee Burke
Essence of the Cajun bayou.

English Creek by Ivan Doig
Montana in the 30's.

White Man's Grave by Richard Dooling
West African politics meet old customs.

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Racial prejudice in the Northwest.

Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
Thrilling ride through Alaskan wilderness.

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
Bleak Copenhagen winter sets the tone.

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Cairo lives in this Nobel winner.

Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
North Carolina mountain cultures clash.

Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle
Englishman copes with laid-back Provence.

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
Appalachian lore cum mystery.

A Stranger in the Kingdom by Howard Frank Mosher
Prejudice rears its head in Vermont.

Beauty From Ashes by Eugenia Price
Life on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
The ugly side of Iowa farm life.

A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
Florida from the pioneer perspective.

The Tree People by Naomi Stokes
Murder and ancient lore on the Olympic Peninsula.

The Green Mosaic by Stephen Wilcox
An Adirondack mystery.