HNR Issue 51 (February 2010)
Fortunate Wager
Caroline Fortune is a spirited young lady who nevertheless knows that she has to live within the conventions of Newmarket…
In a Dark Wood
“The heart of the heart. The midst of the battle. Midway through our lives, when we find ourselves in a…
The Messengers of Death
If you missed the opportunity to spend a week in rural Provence during the 1960s, don’t despair. Instead, set a…
Requiem in Vienna
Editors' choice
In 1899 Vienna, the director of the Court Opera, conductor-composer Gustav Mahler, appears to be the intended victim of a…
Oscar’s Books
This is a wonderfully well written biography of Oscar Wilde, and one which takes a very different approach, for it…
The Promise of Rain
This is a moving novel about family, love and war. It is split between the viewpoint of an 11-year-old girl,…
Peter the Great
Biographer and novelist Derek Wilson isn’t new to the game of whisking readers off to distant times to focus on…
The Crimson Rooms
In London in 1924, Evelyn Gifford is a young lawyer of thirty, a single woman living at home with her…
Sherlock Holmes: The American Years
This collection of new short stories is inspired by the premise that Sherlock Holmes, at least once but possibly more…
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard
There’s little room for creativity in Mercer County, Kansas at the turn of the 20th century. The stress and hardship…
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