HNR Issue 49 (August 2009)

The Magician’s Death

By P. C. Doherty - By Paul Doherty - Published 2004Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The Magician’s Death is the 14th of Paul Doherty’s Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries. Playing on the rivalry between England’s Edward ...Read Review

Abandon

By Blake Crouch - Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureThrillerTime-slip

In 2009, Abigail Foster, a journalist enticed by the prospect of a good story, is recruited by her estranged father, a history professor, to ...Read Review

Secrets of Greymoor

By Clara Gillow Clark - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

Secrets of Greymoor is Clara Gillow Clark’s third book about inquisitive Hattie Belle Basket. In this book 11-year-old tomboy Hattie is still ...Read Review

The True Adventures of Charley Darwin

By Carolyn Meyer - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

The book is very much a record of Charles Darwin’s youth from the time he is a nine-year-old going off to boarding ...Read Review

Agnes Lake Hickok: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend

By Carrie Bowers - By Linda A. Fisher - Published 2009

Genres:

NonfictionWestern

Agnes Lake Hickok must have been made of extraordinary stuff. She married circus performer Bill Lake in 1847 and made her circus debut shortly ...Read Review

The Guardians of the Covenant

By Tom Egeland - Published 2009

Genres:

Thriller

If you liked The Da Vinci Code (and millions did despite the ridicule) then you will be delighted with The Guardians of the ...Read Review

Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice

By Pat Lowery Collins - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This engaging novel focuses on the lives of three members of the figli di coro at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice in ...Read Review

Bloodline

By Katy Moran - Published 2008Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Set in Britain circa 650 AD, Katy Moran’s debut novel is a coming-of-age story featuring a boy named Essa who is caught in ...Read Review

Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire

By Flora Fraser - Published 2009

Genres:

Nonfiction

The Bonaparte clan depicted in Flora Fraser’s biography could rival any reality TV family for scandal. Pauline Bonaparte is thought to have ...Read Review

The Glassblower of Murano

By Marina Fiorato - Published 2008Published 2009

Genres:

In a tale of genius and tragedy, Leonora Manin is inspired to travel to Murano, Italy, from Hampstead, England, the home of her 17...Read Review