HNR Issue 23 (February 2003)

In the Hand of Dante

By Nick Tosches - Published 2002

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This novel defies labels or even description. Nick Tosches is a streetwise tough guy and a self-taught medievalist. Nick Tosches is the author ...Read Review

The Persian Boy

By Mary Renault - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The reissue of Renault’s classic trilogy about the life and death of Alexander the Great is welcome indeed, for long-time fans and ...Read Review

An Experiment in Treason

By Bruce Alexander - Published 2002

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This ninth novel in Bruce Alexander’s critically acclaimed series featuring Sir John Fielding, a blind-eighteenth-century London judge, and his young assistant deserves ...Read Review

Proper Conduct

By Shannon Donnelly - Published 2003

Genres:

Romance

This pleasant romance takes place almost exclusively on country estates during the Regency period. The primary interaction takes place between an independent, intelligent ...Read Review

Seven Dials

By Anne Perry - Published 2003

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the 23rd volume in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series, and I will say, from the beginning, that it is probably ...Read Review

Seven Houses

By Alev Lytle Croutier - Published 2002

Genres:

LiterarySaga

Alev Lytle Croutier draws on her girlhood in Turkey for this multi-generational mosaic of a saga stretching from before the First World War ...Read Review

There is a River

By Charlotte Miller - Published 2002

Genres:

Saga

There is a River brings to a close Charlotte Miller’s trilogy of Southern life spanning the 20th century. This book, however, stands ...Read Review

Hannibal’s Children

By John Maddox Roberts - Published 2002

Genres:

Alternate History

“What if the past had been different? What if one war had changed the world?” Such is the focus of this novel wherein ...Read Review

Funeral Games

By Mary Renault - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The reissue of Renault’s classic trilogy about the life and death of Alexander the Great is welcome indeed, for long-time fans and ...Read Review

Mount Vernon Love Story

By Mary Higgins Clark - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Mary Higgins Clark, well known for her thrilling suspense novels, wrote a short novel years ago (original title: Aspire to the Heavens) based ...Read Review