HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
Death Called to the Bar
In February 1902, during a feast at the Inns of Court, a senior barrister mysteriously dies. When a second man…
Fever Moon
A feeling of profound sorrow permeates Carolyn Haines’ latest novel, Fever Moon. Set in the 1940s deep in the Louisiana…
A Wicked Gentleman
This is the first book in Feather’s new Cavendish Square trilogy, which features three friends who come to London to…
The Lovers’ Room
It is autumn 1945 and Allen “The Spin” Bowler, an Australian in the British Army, is sent as an interpreter…
Some Sunny Day
Set in the early days of World War II, this novel adds to Annie Groves’ growing reputation as a storyteller.…
The Song Before It Is Sung
The steady flow of literary interest with Nazism and its impact upon history shows no sign of abating. This is,…
Band of Eagles
Summer 1941. Malta is held by the British and is strategic for supplies and defence in the continuing war effort.…
Secret
Editors' choice
This autobiographical novel tells the story of young Philippe’s childhood in post-war Paris. The sickly only child of glamorous, athletic…
Ghost of a Chance: A Marjorie McClelland Mystery
Marjorie McClelland, the mystery writer, her fiancé police detective, Robert Jameson, and Creighton Ashcroft, her wealthy English editor, are all…
Harpsong
Novelist and short-story writer Rilla Askew converts a wandering troubadour-thief into an American icon in Harpsong, a bittersweet tale set…
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