Cumbria Guide Book Club – November/December 2024
Cumbria Guide Book Club – November/December 2024
Welcome to the Cumbria Guide Book Club.
Christmas is the perfect time to give a loved one a gift that will transport them out of this reality and into another. Here we have listed some fantastic reads all written by Cumbrian authors…
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Captain Black Heart and the Ghosts of Sea Cove Bay
by H M Sharpe
Sam Forshaw is the great, great grandson of a pirate. He doesn’t know it yet but he is about to embark on the adventure of his life, because Sam has a gift! Captain Black Heart has been betrayed and murdered by his arch enemy Jake Spode, and his soul is not at rest. Every fifty years the pirate legacy allows contact with a living relative to help him find peace.
Can Black Hearts ghost reach Sam and lead him to the truth and the treasure? But wait – There is another – Jake Spode! Does he have a living relative? Who will find the treasure first and lay Black Hearts soul to rest?
Full Circle
by John Little
In 1854, a respected Maryport customs officer called Fleming Coward, shot his brother-in-law with a pistol, in broad daylight. This was the culminating act in a saga of loss, greed, love, envy and despair which shocked the whole of Cumberland. For Coward, the consequences were immediate, and dire.
Inspired by real events and people,”Full Circle” the latest historical novel from local author John Little, follows the saga of a man who fell from a high pillar of respect and status, into a pit of disgrace from which most people could never escape. Could there ever be redemption for such a crime?
Timewaif and the Roman Road
by Deborah Lyon
Twelve-year-old Tim Wainwright, growing up on the west coast of Cumbria, struggles with his mum’s intense grief after the death of his dad and the constant taunting of village bullies. Only his best friend Annie brings any fun to his life. Fleeing his tormentors after school one day, he finds a hidden cave in the sea cliffs. Once inside, Tim leaps through an enchanted hopscotch board to emerge into a very different Cumbria… two thousand years in the past.
Will he ever get back to his own time, his mum and Annie? And does he even really want to?
Join Tim on his rip-roaring adventure exploring Roman life in the wilds of ancient Britain, the first in the Timewaif series of historical novels set throughout the ages for children to enjoy.
Available from www.amazon.co.uk
Halfmoon Lane
by Paula Hillman
In this taut new thriller from the author of Chapel Field, one weekend of passion puts a woman at the centre of a scandal that threatens to bury her. When a spark ignites between Nina and Gabriel Da Silva, the mercurial busker of Halfmoon Lane, they spend one weekend together at Nina’s isolated beachside home. Soon after, Nina receives some terrible news: Gabriel’s body has been found and she’s been named as the prime suspect. Can Nina ever piece her life back together and atone for her mistakes? It turns out both conscience and love are heavy burdens, and Nina must learn to lean on the friends she has held at arm’s length.’
Available from www.amazon.co.uk
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