HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)

The Unbelievers

By Alastair Sim - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Victorian Edinburgh in an age when the Highlands were being cleared of the local peasants in order for the wealthy landlords to ...Read Review

The Tehran Conviction

By Tom Gabbay - Published 2009

Genres:

Thriller

The third novel to feature Gabbay’s CIA sleuth, Jack Teller, pivots between Teller’s 1953 assignment in Iran and his return in 1979. In 1953 ...Read Review

Lady Blue

By Helen A. Rosburg - Published 2009

Genres:

Romance

Raised on a cattle ranch in the American West, Harmony Simmons must move to England to live with her older sister Agatha when ...Read Review

The Bride’s Farewell

By Meg Rosoff - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Pell Ridley has seen the ravages of marriage, and she has firmly decided against it. Her mother’s health and well-being have been ...Read Review

The Captain’s Table

By Brian Thompson - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

  This is the second in the Bella Wallis series: Bella is an attractive widow, who writes thrilling and highly successful tales under ...Read Review

Bury Me Deep

By Megan Abbott - Published 2009Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeRomance

  Phoenix, Arizona, in 1931 is a combination of a dusty Wild West town and a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Marion Seeley, the naï...Read Review

The Tale of Applebeck Orchard

By Susan Wittig Albert - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this installment of the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series, facts from Potter’s world mix with a fictional mystery set in ...Read Review

All the Nice Girls

By Joan Bakewell - Published 2009

Genres:

Saga

  It’s a pity this book has come up for review for the autumn magazine as it is a perfect beach read. ...Read Review

Letters for a Spy

By Stephen Benatar - Published 2009

Genres:

SagaThriller

  In April 1943, the British set up Operation Mincemeat with the aim of fooling the Germans into thinking that the Allies would attack ...Read Review

The Daisy Club

By Charlote Bingham - Published 2009

Genres:

Adventure

  Daisy, Freddie, Aurelia and Laura are the Daisy Club, formed from their year at the finishing school at Twistleton Court. When war ...Read Review