HNR Issue 36 (May 2006)

The Woman Outside

By Sarah Vern - Published 2006

Genres:

RomanceSaga

Following on from The Witching Woman, Sarah Vern’s debut novel, The Woman Outside, continues the story of Alexander McNair and Mhairi-Anne Graham’...Read Review

Oh Danny Boy

By Rhys Bowen - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This fifth installment in the Molly Murphy series is set in New York City just at the turn of the 20th century. We ...Read Review

Troubled Midnight

By John Gardner - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

John Gardner’s latest novel is a wealth of information about the British Homefront circa 1943 as well as a wartime spy thriller. Troubled ...Read Review

The Woman Who Waited

By Andrei Makine (trans. Geoffrey Strachan) - Published 2006

Genres:

Literary

When Vera’s fiancé left in one of the last call-ups of men for the Soviet Army in 1945, she vowed she would wait ...Read Review

Mohr

By Frederick Reuss - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Using the innovative format of speculative fiction based on a newly-discovered cache of fifty 1920s and ´30s vintage family photographs from playwright Max ...Read Review

Rosetta

By Barbara Ewing - Published 2006

Genres:

As a child, Rose Hall is fascinated with language and stories. When her father reveals that she was named for the port of ...Read Review

Ship’s Angel

By Bridget Crowley - Published 2004

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Bridget Crowley has yet again dazzled us with another brilliant story – the sequel of the critically acclaimed Feast of Fools. We still remain ...Read Review

Robbing The Bees: A Biography of Honey, the Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World

By Holley Bishop - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

This is a history and biography of bees and their honey. Holley Bishop, a beekeeper who admits that she loves them, gives us ...Read Review

The Big Oyster: New York in the World, A Molluscular History

By Mark Kurlansky - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

This book is on a most unusual theme: the history of New York, as seen in relation to the oyster beds, from Peter ...Read Review