Book reviews from the Westmorland Gazette

Horse shock for Inspector Montalbano in latest Andrea Camilleri mystery

11:14am Friday 22nd March 2013

The Track Of Sand: Andrea Camilleri (Picador, £7.99).

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A darker side of life couldn’t break Blackburn-born author Josephine Cox

4:11pm Monday 25th February 2013

SHE hates her books being branded ‘romantic fiction’ — and there’s a much darker side to the novels of best-selling East Lancashire-born author Josephine Cox.

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When Ziggy rocked the world

12:56pm Monday 31st December 2012

When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie And Four Minutes That Shook The World by Dylan Jones (Preface, £20)

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Excellent prequel to The Godfather

4:18pm Monday 6th August 2012

The Family Corleone by Ed Falco (William Heienmann, £18.99)

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Great guide to cooking Sunday lunches

12:54pm Wednesday 14th March 2012

Mary Berry's Family Sunday Lunches by Mary Berry (Headline, £20)

Epic time travel novel takes you back to the 50s and 60s

8:43am Monday 6th February 2012

11.22.63 by Stephen King (Hodder and Stoughton) The date in the title of Stephen King’s latest blockbuster relates to the date that President Jack Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.

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Review: The Playboy of the Western Railway, by Malcom Wheatham

4:31pm Thursday 28th July 2011

KENDAL writer Malcolm Wheatman’s humorous novel shunts nicely along like the train that links the two fictional south-west Ireland communities he has created.

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Review: Why don't you come for me?, by Diane Janes

4:28pm Thursday 28th July 2011

WINDERMERE author Diane Janes has already proved she is an adept psychological thriller writer

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Review: The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, by Alfred Wainwright and Frances Lincoln

4:27pm Friday 22nd July 2011

THIS is a revised edition of the last of Alfred Wainwright’s pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells, featuring the 56 ‘foothills’.

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Review: The Litchfield Incident, by August Quinns

4:21pm Friday 22nd July 2011

AUGUST Quinns is the pen-name for Windermere writer Bert Hatley, whose intriguing spy novel is set 150 miles away in the cathedral city of Litchfield.

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Review: L’Auberge by Julia Stagg

4:47pm Tuesday 21st June 2011

FEISTY, authentic and very gripping, this novel, written by a woman living in Austwick

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Review: Curious Cumbrian Walks by Graham Dugdale

4:45pm Tuesday 21st June 2011

Next time I go running over Cunswick Fell I will do so with some trepidation.

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Review: Moving Forward, by Mary-Clare Armitstead

4:56pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

TRADITIONAL poetic structures are broken down in this autobiographical work, which exposes an Ulverston woman’s thoughts and feelings during her fight to find happiness

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Review: Dales Way, by Colin Speakman

4:53pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

AS A Yorkshireman now living in Kendal, this book really captured my imagination.

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Review: Lakeland Yesterday Volume 2, by Irvine Hunt

4:46pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

VETERAN journalist Irvine Hunt has sourced some fascinating photographs to illustrate this wonderful dip into Lake District history.

Review: The Proof of Love, by Catherine Hall

4:43pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

EMBEDDED within this passionate novel is the popular theme of innocence contrasted with experience - the two leading characters embody both sides of the scale.