HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
People of the Nightland
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This is the 14th in this series of novels about American prehistory. Written by a husband-and-wife team of archaeologists who specialize in the ...Read Review
The Traitor’s Tale
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In 1450, England had been warring with France for almost a century. But the English were now on the losing side. There is evidence ...Read Review
Valley Forge: A Novel of the American Revolution
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British Army Captain Jamie Skoyles marches on in author David Garland’s successor novel to Saratoga. Captain Skoyles had been taken prisoner along ...Read Review
The God of Spring
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It is 1818, and French artist Théodore Géricault is in danger of becoming the 19th century equivalent of a one-hit wonder, unable ...Read Review
Cornered Tigress
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Little Pearl, Taoist mistress of the sacred arts, believes that a perfect balance of yin and yang is vital to reach Nirvana, achieved ...Read Review
All Will Be Revealed
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Verena Swann mourns her late husband, Captain Theodore Swann, who died during an Arctic expedition, by channeling his spirit and acting as a ...Read Review
Nobody’s Child
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Valerie Wood is very good at what she does, with a specific style which permeates all her books. Nobody’s Child is again ...Read Review
A Whisper of Life
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Hennaford, a Cornish village, is the setting for the sixth book in the Harvey series. It is 1948 and Jonny Harvey, relegated to training ...Read Review
Penhallow
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When a crime novel begins with the immortal words “Jimmy the Bastard was cleaning boots …” then the reader can be certain they are ...Read Review
Ghost of a Chance: A Marjorie McClelland Mystery
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Marjorie McClelland, the mystery writer, her fiancé police detective, Robert Jameson, and Creighton Ashcroft, her wealthy English editor, are all at the 1935 carnival ...Read Review