HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)
All the Nice Girls
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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
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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
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Daisy, Freddie, Aurelia and Laura are the Daisy Club, formed from their year at the finishing school at Twistleton Court. When war ...Read Review
Something Hidden
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In 1928 a train crash and fire in Gloucestershire killed twenty people. Among the dead are two beautifully dressed children, a boy about ...Read Review
The Crack in the Lens: A Holmes on the Range Mystery
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This book, the fourth in a series, answers the question “What would it be like if Sherlock Holmes was a cowpoke in 1890...Read Review
My Unfair Lady
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“My Unfair Lady” is Summer Wine Lee, an Arizona-bred prospector’s daughter, determined to be accepted by New York society. And what ...Read Review
The Untamed Bride
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Readers of Stephanie Laurens will be pleased with The Untamed Bride, the first in a new quartet of books. In 1822 India, the ...Read Review
The Widow’s War
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Carolyn Vinton and Dr. William Saylor, both abolitionists, were about to get married when he suddenly disappears. The family assumes he is dead, ...Read Review
The Silver Locomotive Mystery
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The sixth book in the Railway Detective series of Victorian mysteries, The Silver Locomotive Mystery brings back Inspector Robert Colbeck, Sergeant Victor ...Read Review
The Incendiary’s Trail
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When the murder of conjoined twins, Eliza-Beth, shocks Victorian London, Detective Inspector Newsome hatches a daring plot to solve the case. He ...Read Review