HNR Issue 65 (August 2013)
Sons of Zeus
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At first it seems that the young hero Nikias will be involved in a love story, but his grandfather, a tough pankrationist, expresses ...Read Review
Blood and Beauty
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On the heels of an increased interest in the Borgia family, Dunant follows with her newest novel, an exploration of the House of ...Read Review
Brothers’ Fury
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If 1642 was a bad year for the Rivers siblings, 1643 is hardly better. Sir Edmund craves to exact bloody revenge from the Rebels who ...Read Review
A Bride by Moonlight
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In 1847, the elegant Lisette Colburne, recently returned from America, seeks to make a deal with Royden Napier of London’s Scotland Yard. She ...Read Review
Burial Rites
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Agnes Magnusdottir has been found guilty of murder. As the authorities wrangle over the date and method of her execution, she is sent ...Read Review
Crossing Purgatory
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In May of 1858, Thompson Grey abandons his farm in Indiana, unable to live in the present and inconsolable after the death of his ...Read Review
Flowers for Miss Pengelly
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In 1911, Effie Pengelly, a comely young maidservant, has few opportunities to pick wild flowers, much less to converse with a young man; her ...Read Review
Masaryk Station
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This novel takes place in Berlin in 1948. As a double agent, John Russell works for both the American CIA and the Soviet NKVD. ...Read Review
City of Hope
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City of Hope, the sequel to Ellis Island, begins in Ireland in 1934. It has been over ten years since Ellie returned from America ...Read Review
The Twelfth Department
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This is the third in William Ryan’s Soviet detective series set in 1930s Moscow. Captain Korolev, hero of the Revolution and now ...Read Review