HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)
The Gypsy Madonna
During the occupation of France in the Second World War, “horizontal” collaboration with the German occupying forces resulted in ostracism…
Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight
The latest offering in Emily Brightwell’s series of Mrs. Jeffries mysteries finds Inspector Witherspoon being summoned to Richmond to investigate…
Follow Your Heart
In 1873, the Union Pacific Railroad faces bankruptcy because of shady investments and greedy investors. Jude Kingman, eldest son of…
North by Northanger (or,The Shades of Pemberley)
This is the third in a series featuring Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy from the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice.…
The Pale Blue Eye
Editors' choice
‘April 19, 1831. In two or three hours… I’ll be dead.’ What an opening! Gus Landor is a New York…
King’s Blood
In this sequel to Rite of Conquest, the talented Judith Tarr follows the saga of the brood of William the…
The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee
In April 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia. The South, after four bloody years,…
Ask A Shadow To Dance
Dr. David Stewart meets a mysterious beauty in black on the deck of the riverboat Memphis Queen III. But every…
By A Lady: Being The Adventures of an Enlightened American in Jane Austen’s England
This time travel novel tells the tale of C.J. Welles, a New York City actress who is transported back to…
The Cymry Ring
Ian Carreg is a rumpled, fiftyish British police detective, recently widowed, content to end his career soon and care for…
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