HNR Issue 112 (May 2025)
The Midnight Secret (Wild Isle Series)
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1930. On the eve of the island’s evacuation, Jayne Ferguson spends her last night on St Kilda by the grave of her sister-in-law ...Read Review
The Serpent Under (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 6)
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This delightful novel is the sixth in author MacBird’s bestselling pastiche series. Not only is she faithful to Doyle’s canon, but ...Read Review
Like Embers in the Night
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In Sandusky, Ohio, in 2004, a woman with dementia moves from days when she can recall nothing from her past life—not her children ...Read Review
Wolves at the Door
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As the German army retreats from the Eastern Front in 1944, hundreds of thousands of German civilians endure aerial bombing and the besiegement of ...Read Review
The Bookshop of Secrets
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1938. After her father’s death, Lara comes to Lisbon in search of her family history. When her handbag and passport are stolen, she ...Read Review
Charlotte
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In 1854, Charlotte Brontë, honeymooning in Ireland with Arthur Bell Nicholls, reported to her former teacher Margaret Wooler that she had met her new ...Read Review
The Indigo Heiress
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1774. Set within the rich historical context of Virginia and Scotland, this novel brings to life the once-prosperous plantation, Royal Vale, owned by the ...Read Review
The Sable Cloak
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This is a multi-generational story of the Jordan Sable family set in St. Louis, Missouri. By the 1930s, a pillar of the Black ...Read Review
New Arrivals on West India Dock Road
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Here’s something new and original: a WWII-era East End saga about a young Indian immigrant and the good friends who see her ...Read Review
The Rehearsal Club
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When 12-year-old Pal’s older sister moves into the Rehearsal Club, a storied residence for aspiring actresses, the entire family follows her to ...Read Review
