HNR Issue 44 (May 2008)
How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries : The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past
This book presents an overview of the entire process of writing historical mysteries. It covers subjects from research, plotting,…
The Rebels: Sons of Texas
In the 1830s, Texas is becoming a battleground between the American settlers of the open land and the Mexican government,…
Hard Trail to Follow
In Texas, several years after the American Civil War, former Texas Ranger Andy Pickard volunteers to track down an escaped…
Roses for Rebecca
At the end of the Second World War, Rebecca Lawson is orphaned and homeless. She goes to live and work…
Let Sleeping Rogues Lie
Jeffries delivers her fourth installment in The School for Heiresses series with this highly entertaining novel set in early 19th-century…
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
Three talented, young sisters are forced to publish under a male pseudonym in Victorian England. Fearing exposure after an accusation…
The German Bride
It’s Berlin, 1865, and Eva Frank, the romantic daughter of a Jewish banker, falls in love with a handsome painter…
The Silk Train Murder
The debut of a new historical mystery series featuring English-gentleman-turned- detective John Landsdowne Granville, this turn-of-the-20th-century adventure is set in…
Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander
Phyllida Lewis is a young woman of modest means whose distance from the epicenter of the Regency marriage mart has…
The Hartlepool Monkey
The legend of the Hartlepool Monkey is well known in the North East of England in that in the early…
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