HNR Issue 23 (February 2003)
A Draught for a Dead Man
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Caroline Roe sets her medieval mystery in a locale other than England and makes its main character unique in both ethnicity and disability. ...Read Review
A Singular Hostage
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In 1838, Mariana Givens travels to India to husband-hunt. She, however, is not a typical Victorian maiden; she prefers bazaars to balls and learning ...Read Review
Dead Man’s Coast
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Set in San Francisco’s Barbary Coast in 1897-98, this mystery portrays Jack London as a struggling author whose former unlawful profession makes ...Read Review
Believing the Dream
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This second volume in the Return to Red River series continues the lives of the Bjorklund family of Northfield, Minnesota. Thorliff’s yearnings ...Read Review
Patrol to the Golden Horn
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Alexander Fullerton’s fictional biography of Nick Everard of the Royal Navy takes him from service on board a British destroyer in the ...Read Review
Harlem Redux
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The prologue reveals author Persia Walker as a great talent, through the craftsmanship of her nouns and verbs, spiced with qualifiers. The wind ...Read Review
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle
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This feminist reimagining of the Tristan and Isolde legend follows the traditional Arthurian story dutifully, but with some creative touches inspired by modern ...Read Review
Key Deceptions
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The guildspeople of 15th century Bologna are well respected and well organized. Among these is widow Avisa Baglatoni, an accomplished locksmith, who violates ...Read Review
Savage Mountain
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Belanger’s thoroughly researched historical, set mid-19th century, carries readers into the heart of California’s two-million-year-old Yosemite Valley, where continual glacializations ...Read Review
Chasing a Rogue
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In 1817, Harriet Nash is living a relatively independent life in London with her two aunts. One aunt is a cheerful, matchmaking widow; the ...Read Review
