HNR Issue 61 (August 2012)
The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries: The Case of the Good-Looking Corpse
Virginia City, U.S.A., 1862. Twelve-year-old P.K. Pinkerton, Virginia City’s youngest private eye, has just taken on his first case. He…
Treblinka Survivor
Treblinka Survivor is based on a 22-page document by Hershl Sperling. At the age of 15, Sperling was shoved into…
The Island House
When archaeologist Freya Dane’s absentee father dies, she inherits his dilapidated old home on Findnar, an island off the Scottish…
Enemies at Every Turn
This is yet another instalment of the story of John Pierce, the radical son of a radical preacher and pamphleteer.…
Brighton Belle
The year is 1951, and although rationing is still in force, England is slowly moving towards normality after the war…
For King or Commonwealth
In A Ship for the King, Richard Woodman left his readers wondering which side Captain Kit Faulkner would choose at…
Seeking Eden
This final book in Ann Turnbull’s Quaker trilogy sees Will and Susanna leave behind the troubles and abuse of the…
Fallen in Love
This collection of four stories explores love’s many manifestations: unexpected, unrequited, forbidden and eternal. Each tale possesses its own twist…
The Reckoning
The second book of The Taker Trilogy, this novel promises to be a supernatural thriller, the kind of story in…
Advent
James Treadwell tells two linked stories in Advent, his first (and stunningly ambitious) novel. Fifteen-year-old Gavin’s family long ago lost…
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