HNR Issue 110 (November 2024)
City of Silk
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City of Silk is a novel about ambition, friendship and revenge. It follows the struggles of a young seamstress, Elena Morandi, in her ...Read Review
The Shadow Key
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Henry Talbot accepts the vacant post of physician at Penhelyg, an estate in Wales. He has lost his status as a respected London ...Read Review
The Bletchley Riddle
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The Bletchley Riddle is a fast-paced and solid middle-grade novel. Based on real events leading up to England’s experience in World War ...Read Review
Peggy
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Many readers know the first and last chapters of Peggy Guggenheim’s life—that she was born into the wealthy Guggenheim family and ...Read Review
Specters in the Glass House
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It’s 1921 and one year into Prohibition. With her family’s brewery company bankrupt, recently orphaned Marian Arnold has one thing left to ...Read Review
Dead Egyptians
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Even the title of this book is likely to leave the reader puzzled about the author’s intentions, and the first several chapters ...Read Review
The Rhino Keeper
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2022, Leiden, the Netherlands. Disillusioned with romance, American history student Andrea Clarkson travels to Leiden to participate in the University’s semester-abroad program. When ...Read Review
The Bishop’s Villa
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The small, secluded village of Le Case in Tuscany is “a nowhere town lost in some nowhere mountains”. Here the villagers wait out ...Read Review
Love In Country
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Gayton’s outstanding tribute to the gay and bisexual military personnel of the Vietnam War is an in-depth novelisation of his 2023 award-winning film ...Read Review
Adventures of Mary Jane
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This sparkling new novel is based, like several other recent successes, on a character swiped from a classic. Hope Jahren has chosen as ...Read Review
