HNR Issue 41 (August 2007)
Swim to me
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Betsy Carter has written a charming book set at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida in the early 1970s, though the gentle story feels ...Read Review
Beyond the Blue Hills
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This is a little different from the usual saga. Two groups of people, one family who is Liverpool-based, the other family farming in ...Read Review
The Widow and Her Hero
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This book starts with the hero’s death and comes full circle. For the past sixty years Grace has been haunted by the ...Read Review
Escape to London
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Austria in 1938 sees Hitler’s tanks rolling through the streets of Vienna amid crowds of cheering supporters. Baroness Anne von Korvacs looks on ...Read Review
The Court of the Air
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Historical FantasyMystery/Crime
The Land of Jackals is a warped echo of Britain during the early 19th century, and at its beating heart is the city ...Read Review
Juliette Ascending
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Children/Young AdultMystery/CrimeRomance
Set among New Orleans’ Creole elite after the Civil War, Juliette Ascending opens with fifteen-year-old Juliette Carondel lurking on a darkened balcony, peering ...Read Review
The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century
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The genesis of The Sea Captain’s Wife is the author’s study of a collection of Civil War correspondence. These letters were ...Read Review
The Lark’s Lament
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The Lark’s Lament is the sixth of Alan Gordon’s Fools’ Guild mysteries. Theophilus the Fool now shares the stage with his ...Read Review
