HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
Grandville
This is a sumptuously illustrated graphic novel, by an author-artist who received wide acclaim for his 2007 book Alice in…
The Postmistress
Editors' choice
This atmospheric novel follows the intersecting lives of three American women during 1940 and 1941. Iris James is the postmaster…
Wolfbreed
In 13th-century Eastern Europe, a place of dark forests and darker mysteries, a young man named Udolf finds a strange…
Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim
This is historical fiction split between 13th-century England and 21st-century America. Anne Rice, known for her Vampire Chronicles and her…
Alice I Have Been
This literary novel, set in the early 20th century with flashbacks to the mid-19th century, is the fictionalized life story…
The Edge of Eden
The Edge of Eden is rich in contrasts: the Seychelles Islands and fog-shrouded London; well-to-do British colonists and the poverty…
The Lakewoman
Editors' choice
Alec Dearborn, a thoroughly likeable Australian soldier in the British paratroopers, takes part in the Allied invasion of France. On…
Though Waters Roar
Once again, Lynn Austin has created an intense, thought-provoking and thoroughly satisfying historical Christian fiction tale. The story spans the…
The Saffron Gate
Editors' choice
This book was a delightful surprise. I do not usually review romantic fiction, but this arrived just after I had…
The Yard Dog
Hook Runyon is a railroad agent, a yard dog. His name is a nickname he inherited after an unfortunate accident…
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