HNR Issue 104 (May 2023)

Shield Maiden

By Sharon Emmerichs - Published 2023

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Set in the late 10th century, Shield Maiden is loosely based on the Old English poem Beowulf. Although the poem was not written ...Read Review

A Restless Truth

By Freya Marske - Published 2022

Genres:

Historical FantasyMystery/Crime

This second book in The Last Binding trilogy is set on an ocean liner between New York and Southampton. The story is told ...Read Review

The Mystery of Raspberry Hill

By A. A. Prime (trans.) - By Eva Frantz - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

Stina is a girl of about nine who comes from a large, poor family in Helsinki in 1920 and who has TB. She is ...Read Review

No Comfort for the Undertaker (A Carrie Lisbon Mystery)

By Chris Keefer - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

A combination of fine historical detail, an appealing protagonist, and perceptive writing make Keefer’s turn-of-the-century debut mystery a real page-turner. Carrie Lisbon, ...Read Review

Oath Undo Me (Viking Trading Lands Series)

By Megan Formanek - Published 2022

Genres:

Romance

880 CE. Astrid travels to her aunt, hoping for a place to stay after being widowed. It was not a love match, and Astrid ...Read Review

The Shadows of London (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, 6)

By Andrew Taylor - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

The Shadows of London is the latest in Andrew Taylor’s enjoyable series of novels set in Restoration London. It is 1671, and Cat ...Read Review

Molasses Murder in a Nutshell (A Nutshell Murder Mystery)

By Frances McNamara - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Minutes after Theresa Ryan finds her sister Maggie dead in her bathtub, the floor beneath her rumbles and caves, and waves of thick, ...Read Review

Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell Series, 3)

By Ashley Weaver - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

Electra “Ellie” McDonnell, a former safecracker who is now working for the British government during World War II, is sent off on a ...Read Review

The Secret Life of Sunflowers

By Marta Molnar - Published 2022

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In this dual-timeline novel, author Dana Marton, writing as Marta Molnar, offers two interlinked stories. In the present day, auctioneer Emsley Wilson is ...Read Review

How to Best A Marquess (The Widow Rules, 3)

By Janna MacGregor - Published 2023

Genres:

Romance

After the disaster of an illegal marriage to Meri, a ‘trigamist,’ Beth Howell vows never to marry again. Thus when her irresponsible brother ...Read Review