HNR Issue 104 (May 2023)
The Unassuming Curator
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1790. This Georgian romance pairs Henry Buckland, a naturalist at the British Museum, with Emily Norton, sister of Lord Dunsbourne, who would rather commune ...Read Review
The Dark that Doesn’t Sleep
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The Dark That Doesn’t Sleep is a taut, psychological military and spy thriller set in 1967. Jack Miller, a psychoanalyst with a New ...Read Review
The London Séance Society
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In 1873, the London Séance Society is a gentlemen’s-only club whose president’s murder during an All Hallows Eve soiree has been ...Read Review
What Dreams May Come
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Lucy Hayes is a governess fleeing the unwanted attentions of her employer’s brother, Mr. Granger, when foul weather stops the coach at ...Read Review
The Queen of Hel
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The Nordic saga The Queen of Hel (Book 5 of The Norsewomen) continues the mythological adventures of historical figures and legends from Norway and ...Read Review
The Last Lifeboat
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Alice King wants to do something significant to support Great Britain during World War II. Something more than being a librarian, even though ...Read Review
Fragments of a Woman
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Keen to give a voice to human beings beyond history’s dates and events, and to go further than accepted tropes, author Emma ...Read Review
Swan Light
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Silvestre Swan has been the keeper of the lighthouse at Norman Cliffs, Newfoundland, since it was erected in 1849. In 1913, at age 83, he is ...Read Review
A Different Kind of Freedom: A Romani Story (Voices #7)
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The latest book in the Voices series, introducing diverse viewpoints into children’s publishing, tells the story of a Romani boy with a ...Read Review
April’s Breeze
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In April 1775, a young doctor, Samuel Prescott from Concord, Massachusetts, finds himself unexpectedly drawn into an alarm being spread and becomes a key ...Read Review