HNR Issue 26 (November 2003)
People of the Owl
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Set at what is now the Poverty Point, Louisiana, archaeological site, People of the Owl is the eleventh installment in the Gears’ monumental ...Read Review
The Emperor’s Assassin
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In July 1815, ex-emperor Napoleon Bonaparte waits on a ship in Plymouth harbor while Whitehall debates his fate: exile, execution, or a civil trial? ...Read Review
The Saint
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Vergil Duclairc is the frustrated guardian of Bianca Kenwood, unwilling to follow the rules of English society. The young American dreams not of ...Read Review
Never Trust a Lady
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It is 1861, and the Civil War has begun. The South is plotting to win Britain’s support by assassinating one of her prominent ...Read Review
The Polished Hoe
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Miss Mary-Mathilda has committed a crime. As a responsible citizen of Flagstaff Village on the island of Bimshire (local slang for Barbados), she ...Read Review
The Facts of Life
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Frank Vine enters the world at the end of World War II in the city of Coventry, which is a stark ruin. Born ...Read Review
The Heaven of Mercury
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The twentieth century, viewed in a non-linear fashion through the lives of citizens of Mercury, Mississippi, is dark, atmospheric and gothic. The thread ...Read Review
In the Wake of Madness
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In 1841 the whaleship Sharon sails out of Massachusetts for the rich hunting grounds of the South Pacific. Halfway through the voyage, Captain Howes ...Read Review
The Gates of Hell
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Paul Doherty, prolific writer of historical mysteries, returns to the campaigns of Alexander the Great. The third in his series opens with the ...Read Review
Jane and the Ghosts of Netley
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Seventh in Barron’s series of historical suspense novels featuring Jane Austen as an amateur sleuth, this is a well-crafted melding of wit, ...Read Review