HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
Dark Obsession
With a title like this, I should have known. The main characters, Nora Thornegoode, ruined for society by her painting…
Godiva
England, 1045. Edward the Confessor is on the throne, and the Normans are circling. Everywhere there is rumour, subterfuge and…
The Spiritualist
Middle-class Evelyn’s dreams appear to have come true when Peter Atherton, scion of one of New York’s most prominent families,…
Siege of Heaven
Harper writes about that charade of religious fervour, the First Crusade of 1096-98, in all its ghastly violence and hypocrisy.…
The Dark Lantern
Editors' choice
Brightwell has fashioned a multilayered, Upstairs Downstairs-type mystery that drew me in completely. When I finally paused to reflect, I…
The Last Bear
Editors' choice
Brigid is the last in a long line of medicine women; she lives alone in the forest since she has…
Cover the Mirrors
Preston, 1856, and spiritualism is very popular in Victorian England. Molly Pinner, born into the town’s slums, was orphaned at…
People of the Weeping Eye
During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Mississippi River Valley was populated by a number of Native American chiefdoms; this…
Emma and Knightley
As Emma and Knightley opens, the titular couple has been married for over a year when tragic news arrives: Jane…
The Templar
At the end of the 11th century, the Infidels captured Jerusalem. On November 27th, 1095, the call went out from…
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