HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
Scarlet
Tyrants come in all forms – princes, sheriffs, and even lowly thief catchers. Fortunately for the people ground under the…
No One Is Here Except All of Us
It’s 1939, and in the small Jewish town of Zalischik, Romania, the villagers know that bad things are happening in…
The Year After | The Last Summer
Editors' choice
Occasionally the accidents of publishing bring out two books in the same season which neatly complement each other. The Last…
Hope at Holly Cottage
Plymouth, England, 1954. World War II is over, and young Anna Millington should be looking forward to life as she…
Slash and Burn
This Doctor Siri Paiboun mystery opens in 1968 when Boyd Bowry, son of a U.S. senator, is presumed dead after…
Literally Dead
In Depression-era Chicago, Amos Jansen, clerk at the Chicago Modern Literature Society, welcomes Ernest Hemingway to the city to give…
Dying in the Wool
In post-World War I England, there’s a young woman of independent means who lost her beloved during the war, who…
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
This historical crime novel set in the early 1950s sees the return of the irrepressible Flavia de Luce, who once…
On Canaan’s Side
Editors' choice
The narrator of On Canaan’s Side, 89-year-old Lilly Bere, feels herself at the end of her life. She is the…
The Picture Book
‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ has a considerable following on TV as well-known people delve into family history. Author…
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