HNR Issue 66 (November 2013)
When Mountains Move
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This powerful sequel to the Christy Award-winning Into the Free opens in rural Mississippi in 1943. Just seventeen, Millie Reynolds has decided to marry ...Read Review
The Luminaries
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In January 1866, Walter Moody, newly arrived in the New Zealand goldfields, stumbles into a furtive gathering of twelve local men who have met ...Read Review
Havisham
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In this book, Frame allows one of the greatest characters in English literature to tell her story. Miss Havisham, from Charles Dickens’ Great ...Read Review
Thoreau at Devil’s Perch
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First in a new series, this is a well-constructed murder mystery set in 1840s New England. Thoreau is residing at Walden Pond, and ...Read Review
Blackstone and the Endgame
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1916. After an incident in which Sam Blackstone is (probably) set up, he is on the run like an ordinary criminal. The only way ...Read Review
The Hidden
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The Hidden is an aggressive debut novel that dares to take on a complex plot set in two time periods, 1919 and 1940, which features ...Read Review
Witchfall
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Witchfall follows young Meg Lytton to the court of Queen Mary in the service of the Lady Elizabeth. It is a dangerous time ...Read Review
Little Red Lies
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Rachel’s beloved brother is coming home from World War II, and she’s thrilled. But the young man who returns is a ...Read Review
Alone Together: My Life with J. Paul Getty
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Society girl turned torch singer Teddy Getty’s memoir of life with billionaire J. Paul Getty is a who’s who of the 1930...Read Review
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin corresponded his entire life with his youngest sister, Jane. Born in Boston into poverty, Jane married at fifteen and bore several ...Read Review