HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
The Einstein Girl
Although this novel begins in Germany two months before Hitler came to power, at first we hardly feel the presence…
Emerald Embrace
Originally published in 1991, Drake’s tale set inScotland in 1865 delivers a Gothic feel and an element of suspense. When…
Bellfield Hall: Or, The Observations of Miss Dido Kent
Spinster Dido Kent rushes to grand Bellfield Hall to help her niece solve the mystery of the latter’s fiancé, who…
Searching for Pemberley
Searching for Pemberley is a historical romance and mystery of a sort, set in the aftermath of World War II.…
Brigid of Kildare
Brigid is a king’s daughter and warrior-trained, but reading The Gospel of Mary the Mother influences her to reject the…
The Bible Salesman
Southern writer Edgerton has never disappointed me with his stories of gentle humor about the South. His latest novel takes…
The Tailor’s Needle
Set in India in the 1930s, this novel follows the fortunes of Sir Saraswati and his three children, Yogendra, Maneka…
Recollections of Rosings
Nothing has prepared Catherine or her daughter Lillian to see a black and smoldering ruin where an elegant house once…
Warriors
11th century. Apulia in southern Italy is part of a declining Byzantine Empire and increasingly under attack from the Lombards,…
Rome, The Emperor’s Spy
Editors' choice
This is a spy thriller which opens in Jerusalem in the reign of Tiberius where a young man, Math, watches…
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