HNR Issue 31 (February 2005)
Year of the Hyenas
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In 1153 BCE, the body of a murdered priestess washes up in the Nile. The local authorities send for Semerket, a talented young man ...Read Review
Philippa
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The women of Friarsgate again feature in this third offering from Bertrice Small’s bestselling series, The Friarsgate Inheritance. Philippa, eldest child of ...Read Review
The Green Age of Asher Witherow
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Early on, narrator of this novel claims “the price of memory is a certain profound impotence.” This statement propels Asher Witherow, born into ...Read Review
Honorable Mention
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Lieutenant Peter Wake, commanding officer of the armed steam tug Hunt, sails a treacherous Caribbean from Key West to Havana in 1864. In this ...Read Review
Murder on the Marmora
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The classy pleasures of first-class cruises on the luxurious liners of the pre-WWI era are at the heart of this delightful series. Each ...Read Review
Now You See It
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“Even magicians need magic in their lives.” For famed magician Harry Blackstone, magic is embodied in P.I. Toby Peters if he is ...Read Review
The Ninefold Key
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In the year 1669, Lord James Ramsay and his companions journey to Egypt during their Grand Tour. They have learned from an obscure text ...Read Review
John James Audubon: The Making of an American
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Richard Rhodes’ new biography begins with the artist’s emigration at eighteen from Napoleon’s France in 1803 to a fledgling America barely older ...Read Review
In the Shadow of the Ark
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Flemish author Anne Provoost’s In The Shadow of the Ark grips the reader with vivid scenes, well-developed characters, and beautiful language. She ...Read Review
Wisdom’s Daughter
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Past the age to bear children, Bilqis, the beautiful queen of Sheba, consults the Goddess and decides to travel north, where she believes ...Read Review