HNR Issue 37 (August 2006)
Hunt Down Harry Tracy
This is a story based on the life of Harry Severns, aka Harry Tracy, a notorious outlaw who lived…
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
Michael Cox’s debut novel is a darkly atmospheric and very gothic tale of wrath, nemesis, and self-destruction: a 600-…
The Last Pleasure Garden
The Last Pleasure Garden of the book’s title is Cremorne Gardens, a Victorian version of the notorious Vauxhall Gardens…
The Taos Truth Game
Ganz, retired chairman of the MFA program at the University of Montana, resurrects the forgotten writer Myron Brinig and…
Lord Perfect
This absolutely delightful historical romance is set in 1821. Viscount Rathbourne and Bathsheba Wingate meet in the Egyptian Hall…
The Foreign Correspondent
Carlo Weisz is an Italian émigré living in Paris and working for Reuters, covering the Spanish Civil War during…
The Night Angel
This is the fourth book in the Heirs to Acadia series, taking place in pre-Civil War America. The two main…
Lost Among the Angels
In 1926, Mercy Allcutt has traded in her Boston blueblood life for life in Los Angeles with her sister…
The Fugitive Wife
This wide-ranging novel spans territory from Minnesota to the Seward Peninsula. Leaving difficult circumstances in Minnesota, Esther “Essie” Crumney…
Burden of Memory
Elaine Benson arrives at the lake house of a wealthy Canadian family to help the eldest sister write her…
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