HNR Issue 65 (August 2013)
Love in a Broken Vessel
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When the prophet Hosea was told by Yahweh to marry a prostitute, he never imagined the outcome. Accompanied by the elder prophet Jonah, ...Read Review
The Handfasted Wife
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As we all know, the year 1066 was an eventful one. The struggle for the Crown triggered by the death of Edward the Confessor ...Read Review
Venus in Winter
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Bess Hardwick lived during the Tudor era and belonged to a close-knit circle at the court of Henry VIII. She took center stage ...Read Review
At the Dying of the Year (Richard Nottingham Mysteries)
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The year is 1733, and it has not been an easy one for Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds. Still recovering from a stab wound, ...Read Review
The Death of Lyndon Wilder & the Consequences Thereof
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I don’t normally comment on format, but I felt I had to with this novel. Its compact size (albeit with quite a ...Read Review
Peril on the Royal Train
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Scotland, 1858. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are back on their tenth case. A goods train has been deliberately derailed by unknown perpetrators, leaving ...Read Review
The Daughters of Gentlemen
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The strength, and possibly also the weakness, of this Victorian mystery lies in its intricate plotting. From the unpromising start of a minor ...Read Review
The Light in the Ruins
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What was it like for Italians and Germans to coexist as allies when the reality was that neither trusted each other? In 1943, the ...Read Review
The Children of Wrath
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This thriller, set in Depression-era Berlin, is the prequel to the action in The Sleepwalkers and features a younger Willi Kraus, married and ...Read Review
The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow
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Leganski has created a tale filled with the languid charm and mysticism of the Louisiana bayou. Her story of little Bonaventure, born posthumously ...Read Review