HNR Issue 63 (February 2013)
The Lairds of Cromarty
Some books are a real surprise, and this is one of them. What is at heart a detective story becomes…
The Lincoln Letter
I never miss the chance to read a Peter Fallon/Evangeline Carrington novel because Martin has the uncanny ability to seamlessly…
Winter Games
A crossover novel between chick-lit and historical drama, and charting specific and interrelating events in the lives of a grandmother…
The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen
University librarian and Austen enthusiast Samantha McDonough happens upon a partial letter in an old poetry book that leaves clues…
Eden’s Garden
Greenwood’s pleasing debut employs a familiar device — a mystery that bridges different generations — to tell two original love…
Lives of Notorious Cooks
Editors' choice
On first look, this little book doesn’t give much away. I had read the blurb which told me, in part,…
Where Tigers Are at Home
Each chapter of this novel begins with a selection from a biography of the 17th-century Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher, purportedly…
Washed in the Blood
I’d only vaguely heard of the Melungeons before reading Washed in the Blood. Lisa Alther has brought this mysterious Appalachian…
Death in Her Face
In post-WWII Hollywood, screenwriter Lauren Atwill and her private eye beau are hired to help with a potential PR nightmare…
Secrets and Lies
This story transports you into the very different worlds of London and Sydney, Australia, during the Depression era through the…
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