HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
We Shall Not Sleep
This is the fifth and final volume in Anne Perry’s series of World War I mysteries about the Reavley siblings:…
Death on the Nevskii Prospekt
Russia, terrorist capital of the world at the beginning of the 20th century. In St Petersburg the body of an…
The Moon in Our Hands
In the aftermath of a brutal lynching, bystanders begin sifting through charred ashes, taking a ring, scraps of the victim’s…
Killing Che
Editors' choice
Bolivia, 1967: Paul Hoyle, an ex-CIA paramilitary with experience in Laos, Vietnam and various Latin American hot spots, is now…
For Freedom
It is 1941 in Hong Kong, and the Japanese are gearing up for invasion. Four people, whose lives are intertwined,…
Forests of the Night: A Johnny Hawke Novel
This first book in a new series set in World War II-era London features ex-cop Johnny Hawke, who has just…
A Dead Man in Athens
Athens in 1912 combines goat herds parading through dusty streets, Balkan political tensions, threats of war with Turkey, Bleriot flying…
The Midwife of St. Petersburg
This story takes place amidst the turmoil of 1914 Czarist Russia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia has recently been assassinated,…
The Shoe Queen
In Art Deco 1920s Paris when it was a second home to the Americans, the City of Lights was a…
The Earthquake Shack: A Sausalito Love Story
It’s 1959 in Sausalito, California—right across the water from San Francisco, but with a culture and personality all its own.…
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