HNR Issue 50 (November 2009)

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

Something Hidden

By Nick Blackstock - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

  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

By Steve Hockensmith - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

  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

By Kathryne Kennedy - Published 2009

Genres:

Romance

  “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

By Stephanie Laurens - Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureRomance

  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

By Mary Mackey - Published 2009

Genres:

Literary

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

By Edward Marston - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

  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

By James McCreet - Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

  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