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HNR Issue 24 (May 2003)

Dream Weaver

By Penina Keen Spinka - Published 2003

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This is the second book in a series, the first entitled Picture Maker. It might help to have read the first one, which ...Read Review

Seraglio

By Janet Wallach - Published 2003

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Epic

In 1788, Algerian pirates kidnapped Aimée du Buc de Rivery, a thirteen-year-old girl on her way home to Martinique from school in France. ...Read Review

Here’s to the Ladies: Stories of the Frontier Army

By Carla Kelly - Published 2003

Genres:

Literary Short Stories Western

Spur-winning author Carla Kelly weaves a collection of nine stories that pay tribute to characters invariably overlooked in official records of the US ...Read Review

Late for the Wedding

By Amanda Quick - Published 2003

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Romance

Second in a hero/heroine detective agency series set in 19th century England, Late for the Wedding brings readers back to Lavinia Lake ...Read Review

Death of Riley

By Rhys Bowen - Published 2002

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The second installment of Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy mysteries finds the feisty young Irish immigrant dealing with the discovery of boyfriend Daniel’...Read Review

Sixth Form 1939

By Marcella Olschki - Published 2002

Genres:

Literary

Sixth Form 1939 is a small collection of reminiscences about the author’s last year of school. Marcella is half-Jewish and it is the ...Read Review

Twilight in Babylon

By Suzanne Frank - Published 2002

Genres:

Time-slip

Twilight in Babylon is certainly a disappointing ending to Suzanne Frank’s saga of the time-traveling duo Chloe and Cheftu. While initially the ...Read Review

A Maze of Murders

By C.L. Grace - Published 2003

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

There is no question that C.L. Grace, or Paul Doherty (or any other of his pseudonyms), is a prolific writer who chooses ...Read Review

The Third Corner

By J. L. Abbott - Published 2002

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In the years during and following the American Civil War, a secret government agency called Dark Watch protected the nation’s interests. In 1871, ...Read Review