HNR Issue 62 (November 2012)
The Midnight Man
This is the seventh in a series by Doherty that uses the clever structure of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales on which…
Agent of Rome: The Imperial Banner
Set in Imperial Rome, this is the second book in a series. I haven`t read the first, Agent of Rome:…
The Reinvention of Love
With The Reinvention of Love, award-winning Canadian poet and novelist Helen Humphreys has deftly married the elaborate, factual lives of…
Tangled Ashes
This book combines a contemporary inspirational plotline and World War II via two stories that come together at the end.…
The Formula for Murder
In 1890, American reporter Nellie Bly travels to England after learning of a friend’s suicide. The bloated body she confronts…
Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes: A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s
I’m sure Martha Long’s book was liberating for her to write, but it was tough for me to read. I…
Silhouette of a Sparrow
When 16-year-old Garnet is sent to spend the summer with her wealthy aunt in Minnesota, she looks forward to an…
All Fall Down
Editors' choice
1349. Thirteen-year-old Isabel and her family live in the Yorkshire village of Ingleforn. Farming is Isabel’s whole life, but that…
Above All Things
Editors' choice
Canadian writer Tanis Rideout’s debut novel, Above All Things, is a beautifully written book mapping the distinct yet intertwined journeys…
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The swashbuckling heroes in Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo have stirred the imaginations of…
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