HNR Issue 52 (May 2010)
Daughters of the Witching Hill
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Inspired by the 1612 Pendle witch trials in Lancashire, England, Sharratt tells a dramatic story of love and treachery. Told from the viewpoint of ...Read Review
A Secret Affair
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After ten years of marriage to the ancient Duke of Dunbarton, and one year of mourning his death, his thirty-year-old Duchess is eager ...Read Review
The Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson
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As a devoted reader of Henry James, I was drawn to this book by the Jamesian feel of even the barest synopsis. ...Read Review
The Calton Papers
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Opening at an auction in May 1894, characters and plot are quickly established and the reader drawn into the story. The importance of the ...Read Review
Stettin Station
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This third in a series finds Anglo-American John Russell with his days in Berlin clearly numbered. Although Nazi Germany is victorious on all ...Read Review
The Listener
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Dr. Harrison, head of a psychiatric hospital, is in trouble. Trapped in a lifeless marriage, pining for a lost love, and questioning the ...Read Review
The Man from Beijing
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The Man from Beijing was first published in Sweden in 2008. The English translation appeared this February. It is a fine, sweeping mystery that ...Read Review
Greeks, Beasts and Heroes: The Beasts in the Jar
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Children/Young AdultHistorical FantasyShort Stories
(1) This is the first in a series of twelve books of myths and legends from ancient Greece retold for younger readers. The tales ...Read Review
Ondine: The Summer of Shambles
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Children/Young AdultHistorical FantasyMystery/Crime
Ondine de Groot runs away from Psychic Summercamp to return to her family home, an inn, taking with her a pet ferret called ...Read Review
Don’t Forget to Write
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This is a charming and intelligent account of one woman’s memories of being “relocated” as a child in Great Britain during WWII. ...Read Review
