HNR Issue 62 (November 2012)
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures
Elsa Emerson is the youngest of three sisters growing up in the wings of the popular Cherry County Playhouse in…
People of the Black Sun
The Iroquois nation is totally splintered. Clans are at war with each other, driven by disease, starvation, and the code…
The Queen’s Confidante
London 1501. Henry VII is on the English throne and has united the two houses of York and Lancaster after…
The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Swedish noir may be a hot literary commodity, but apparently Swedish writers are also capable of producing humor on a…
Come August, Come Freedom
Gabriel is born into slavery in Virginia during the American Revolution. He is raised on Prosser’s plantation and then sent…
More than a Stranger
When her brother Richard went off to Eton in 1804, Lady Evelyn Moore (Evie to her friends) looked forward to…
Icelight
This book is a cracking political thriller. Set in 1946 blitzed London, Icelight has fast action, resilient characters and sparkling…
Shadows in the Sky
Verity and Clemency are sisters, daughters of a senior naval officer, who are respectively 17 and 18 at the outbreak…
Christmas at Eagle Pond
In 1940, Donnie Hall is twelve years old. His mother has undergone surgery and needs peace and quiet at home…
Band of Sisters
I started Band of Sisters with preconceived notions that it would be a typical Christian romance but was soon surprised…
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