Vicki Kondelik
Hornswoggled
Hornswoggled is the second mystery (following The Old Buzzard Had It Coming) in Donis Casey’s series featuring Alafair Tucker, a…
Victory
Victory tells the parallel stories of two children, one in the past and one in the present. In the present-day…
Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict
This is the latest entry in Emily Brightwell’s long-running series set in Victorian London, in which the housekeeper Mrs. Jeffries…
The Court of the Last Tsar : Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas ll
The vanished world of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, comes vividly to life in Greg King’s splendid new book.…
Death on the Lizard
Death on the Lizard is the twelfth Lord and Lady Sheridan mystery by Robin Paige (the husband-and-wife team of Susan…
City of Shadows
Ariana Franklin has written an intriguing, fast-paced thriller based on the life of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to…
The Egyptian Coffin
The Egyptian Coffin is the second book in Jane Jakeman’s mystery series set in the 1830s, featuring the enigmatic, reclusive…
Oksana
In 1917, the deposed Tsar Nicholas II has an encounter with Anton Klassen, a Mennonite merchant from the Ukraine. He…
The World To Come
Editors' choice
The World to Come is, quite simply, one of the best novels I have read in a long time. At…
Sonja’s Run
Sonja’s Run begins at a Christmas party given by Tsar Nicholas I in 1852, where Sonja Sankova, a beautiful half-Russian,…
About our Reviews
Over the last 15 years The Historical Novels Review (the society’s print magazine for our members) has published reviews of some 12,000 historical fiction books. We plan to upload them all and make them searchable here.
