HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
Testament
A debut novel for Alis Hawkins, Testament bridges time, beginning in the late 14th century and ending in the…
Rome Burning
This is the sequel to MacDougall’s successful debut novel, Romanitas, but sadly I don’t think it makes much sense…
An Expert in Murder
This is the first in a projected murder mystery series featuring the author Josephine Tey. There are now many…
Raleigh’s Page
Andrew Saintleger is twelve, old enough to be apprenticed. His father writes to a childhood friend, the now-famous sea…
Black Widow
Vinnie Vesta left Hell’s Kitchen in 1950 to find a better life. Now post-college, he leads an idyllic life in…
Joe Rat
1866. Joe Rat, a ‘tosher’ who scavenges in the London sewers, is in thrall to ‘Mother’, who controls her…
Pavel and I
Set in Berlin during the deadly cold Christmas season of 1946, this is a story of intrigue and murder,…
Primavera
Flora Pazzi is the youngest daughter of the second most illustrious family in Florence in the late 1400s. However,…
The Seventh Well
Editors' choice
The Seventh Well was originally published in East Germany in 1971, but not until its reissue in 2006 did…
Nick of Time
Set in the summers of both 1939 and 1805 in the English Channel, Bell has fashioned a boy’s adventure…
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