HNR Issue 45 (August 2008)
The Fields of Fortune
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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