HNR Issue 63 (February 2013)
Hurricane Hole
Hurricane Hole is a WW2 thriller set in the Bahamas. Since this was not a very active theatre of war,…
The Gilded Lily
Two teenage sisters, Ella and Sadie, escape from rural poverty to seek a living in Restoration London. We think we…
The Dead Shall Not Rest
In this second mystery featuring Dr. Thomas Silkstone, the Philadelphian anatomist living in 1780s London investigates the murder of a…
Two Sinful Secrets
Lady Sophia Huntington has been ostracized by her family and widowed after a brief marriage. Forced to fend for herself,…
Lovers
Lovers is a short novel set in prerevolutionary France (1749) that illuminates a relationship between Balthazar de Créon, a nobleman,…
The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr
This work covers a landmark case in American constitutional history, one in which Aaron Burr, an ex-vice president, was accused…
The Time Keeper
“Long ago, at the dawn of man’s history”, somewhere in ancient Mesopotamia, Dor is the first man on earth to…
The Painted Girls
Editors' choice
Cathy Marie Buchanan (The Day the Falls Stood Still) delivers a stunning novel of 19th-century Paris that will live in…
Merivel: A Man of His Time
Editors' choice
This is a sequel to Tremain’s 1989 novel, Restoration, which was a memoir of Sir Robert Merivel, physician, bon-viveur, friend…
The Waiting Gun
Old Mike Varney is a callous, bad-tempered ranch owner of the Pitchfork Ranch, located near the Nevada Mesa during the…
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