HNR Issue 45 (August 2008)

The Fields of Fortune

By Jessica Stirling - Published 2008

Genres:

RomanceSaga

On the brink of being coerced into an unwanted marriage to an old, albeit rich, neighbour, young Nicola Templeton flees to Georgian Edinburgh ...Read Review

Cherrybrook Rose

By Tania Crosse - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

Rose Maddiford, the daughter of the manager of the gunpowder mills at Cherrybrook, has no time for a husband; she devotes all her ...Read Review

The Montmartre Investigation

By Claude Izner - By Isabel Reid (trans.) - By Lorenza Garcia (trans.) - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the third in the series of crime novels featuring Parisian bookseller and amateur sleuth, Victor Legris. This time a series of ...Read Review

Buckingham Palace Gardens

By Anne Perry - Published 2008 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The Prince of Wales has invited some experts to Buckingham Palace to consider a project to build a Cape-to-Cairo railroad through the heart ...Read Review

Blood Alone

By James R. Benn - Published 2008

Genres:

Adventure

Billy Boyle, the one-time Boston police officer busily helping his Uncle Ike in intelligence work, is at it again in the author’s ...Read Review

The Spies at Warsaw

By Alan Furst - Published 2008 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

Genres:

Thriller

In the autumn of 1937, Warsaw was still a city at peace, although wary eyes looked to the West with anxiety. Germany was firmly ...Read Review

Children of Freedom

By Marc Levy - Published 2008

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This novel, based on true stories of the French Resistance, is an excellent read and will appeal to those like myself who have ...Read Review

The Woman Who Wouldn’t

By Gene Wilder - Published 2008

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Jeremy Spencer Webb, a concert violinist who takes leave of his senses during a performance, finds himself at a spa somewhere in Bavaria ...Read Review

Don’t Talk to Me About the War

By David A. Adler - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

It is 1940. Thirteen-year-old Tommy would like to enjoy just being a kid. He is more interested in listening to Brooklyn Dodgers games on ...Read Review

On Rough Seas

By Nancy L. Hull - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

It’s 1940, and Alex Curtis is fourteen. He works at his parents’ hotel in Dover, England, but his heart already belongs to the ...Read Review