HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
Mister Creecher
Two outcasts inhabit London in 1818 – one of them 15-year-old Billy, a pickpocket and thief, the other a hulking…
The Orchid House
Julia Forrester, a renowned concert pianist, returns from the south of France to a coastal village in Norfolk, and her…
Love on the Line
Loaded with intrigue, historical context, and birds, this is a well-written story of telephone switchboard operator Georgie Gail and Texas…
Around the World
At the turn of the century, Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days inspired the public imagination. Many…
A Good American
Editors' choice
George, an Englishman now living in Columbia, Missouri, has written an absolutely beautiful book about one immigrant family’s experience in…
Dreams of My Russian Summers
Winner of both the Prix Goncourt and Prix Medici in 1995, Makine’s lyrical novel about homeland, memory, and belonging is…
The Lions of Little Rock
Twelve-year-old Marlee lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. The year is 1958. The high school is closed because some people do…
Come A Little Closer
Author Dorothy Garlock is known for her novels set in America’s Heartland. This novel continues a series with the Tucker…
A Broken Land
Jack Ludlow is the pen name of David Donachie, author of many historical novels, Roman, naval, mediaeval, and now this…
The Lost Saints of Tennessee
In the changing South of a generation ago, Ezekiel Cooper struggles to find a true path through the dense jungle…
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