HNR Issue 60 (May 2012)
Trouble at the Wedding
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In April, 1904, Annabel Wheaton, American heiress, is about to marry Bernard, Lord Rumsford, English Earl. Theirs is not a love match. It is ...Read Review
The Last Romanov
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We know Tsarina Alexandra’s lady-in-waiting was with the Romanov family at the time of their assassination in 1918. Mossanen has used this historical ...Read Review
The War of the Dragon Lady
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China in 1900 is a dangerous place for westerners as the peasant youth rise up forming the cult of The Boxers, who blame the ...Read Review
Wicked City
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Alternate HistoryFantasyMystery/Crime
Alaya Johnson (Moonshine) spins another tale set in an alternate universe 1920s New York City, one that shares its streets with the Others – ...Read Review
Ghosts of the Titanic
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
Kevin Messenger is a disappointment. He knows this because his father reminds him of it every day. Kevin is not interested in soccer ...Read Review
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
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This historical biography of Matilda begins with a rather outrageous claim, indicating that at first Matilda rejected the marriage offer of William I. ...Read Review
Cain
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This is the English edition of the last novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, who died in 2010. So while the author was ...Read Review
Unhallowed Ground
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Mel Starr has now written a fourth installment of his chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, a surgeon in the town of Brampton, England, ...Read Review
The Apothecary’s Daughter
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January 1665, and the ills in the City of London are mostly treatable fevers and accidents. Susannah Leyton is happy as trusted assistant to ...Read Review
A Ranger’s Trail
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This Christian novel is set during the 1870s Mason County “Hoodoo” War in Texas, between German and Anglo settlers. Leta Denning’s husband ...Read Review