HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)
New York: The Novel
Editors' choice
Edward Rutherfurd says that “New York’s magnificent gift to the storyteller is a four-century history as exciting as that of…
King Arthur’s Bones
This is an anthology of mystery novellas by the writing team of Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson,…
A Boardwalk Story
Fifteen-year-old Jack Laurel comes of age in his home town – Atlantic City, still the “Playground of the World” even…
Pirate Hunter
This story interweaves between the 18th century in the West Indies and Key West of the 21st century. Captain Henry…
The Book of the Alchemist
Editors' choice
Imagine the Arabian Nights transposed to the Spanish Civil War, or rather the narrator transposed to Andalusia in 1938, for…
The Seven Fires of Mademoiselle
Young Carlota is the daughter of an Argentinian diplomat in the US during the Kennedy years. Her governess – the…
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
Trenchmouth Taggart lives three different lives over his 108 years, spanning the years from 1903 to 2010. Dumped into a…
The Innocent
The novel is set in Soviet Russia and begins in 1972, but then quickly jumps back to the central moment…
Off Season
With Off Season, Anne Rivers Siddons demonstrates again why she is lauded as one of America’s most popular and respected…
The Shape of Him
Sara Highbury is haunted by her long-ago relationship with Herbert Wakeford, a diamond digger in 1920s South Africa. When Herbert…
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