HNR Issue 66 (November 2013)
Fin and Lady
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In 1964, eleven-year-old Fin, called Finino by his estranged (and some say “strange”) half-sister Lady, loses his second parent. With no one left to ...Read Review
Prince of Legend
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It is 1097 when the First Crusade besieges the powerful city of Antioch. The Crusaders and the motley crowd of pilgrims, preachers and camp-followers ...Read Review
The Kitchen House
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1791: A traumatised seven-year-old Irish orphan, Lavinia, is indentured to the owner of a tobacco plantation in Virginia. She is white, but is set ...Read Review
Sometimes a Rogue
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Sarah Clarke-Townsend, out for a drive with her pregnant twin, Mariah, the Duchess of Ashton, overhears men plotting to kidnap a duchess. Quick-thinking ...Read Review
Seven for a Secret
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Set in New York just before the Civil War, Seven for a Secret depicts a mystery involving the kidnapping of free Blacks for ...Read Review
Ride the Man Down
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In 1890, John Henry Cole is working as a deputy for Judge Roy Bean in Texas when he is asked to undertake an assignment ...Read Review
The Spirit Keeper
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Western Pennsylvania’s earliest frontier settlers know they are taking a risk. In 1747, tension is building between English colonists and French Canada, for ...Read Review
A Burden Shared
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This book, set in Dundee in 1849, is the second in a series featuring Detective Sergeant Mendick, following The Darkest Walk. Sergeant Mendick has ...Read Review
The Pursuit of Murieta
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In 1853, Joaquin Murieta and his outlaw gang are terrorizing the state of California, killing and robbing the white (gringo) population. Three years earlier, ...Read Review
Valley of the Shadow
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Valley of the Shadow is the final part of the trilogy of Cornish mysteries written by Carola Dunn. The familiar characters of Eleanor ...Read Review