HNR Issue 68 (May 2014)
A Higher Call
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Just before Christmas 1943 a badly damaged American bomber was limping home from a raid on Bremen when it was intercepted by a German ...Read Review
Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World, from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
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“From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief” is part of this book’s subtitle, so readers can look forward to a little of ...Read Review
The Polaris Whisperer
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This story begins in the year 830 AD, turns back to 801 AD (and drops by 831 AD, 835 AD, 800 AD, 836 AD, 837 AD, 802 AD, and 838 AD) then ...Read Review
Fire and Sword
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In June 1488 two Scottish armies meet at Sauchieburn. The Sempills of Ellestoun fight for their king, but lose to the king’s son’...Read Review
Dark Aemilia
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Sally O’Reilly has presented a colourful, enthralling, erotic, magical and mysterious debut novel based on extensive historical research. She presents a fascinating ...Read Review
The Daring Ladies of Lowell
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Typifying the experiences of Lowell’s mill girls in the 1830s, Alice Barrow leaves her restricted farm life in New Hampshire, hoping to ...Read Review
The Berkeley Square Affair
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In 1817, the Napoleonic wars are over, but former British intelligence agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, can’t resist the allure of ...Read Review
The Island of Doves
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1835. Young wife Susannah Brownell Fraser suffers physical and mental abuse at the hands of her wealthy husband, Edward. After he crushes her hand, ...Read Review
The Art of the Devil
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It is 1955, and although America is at peace, not everyone in the halls of power is happy. A cabal of politicians and businessmen ...Read Review
Til the Well Runs Dry
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Secrets abound in Francis-Sharma’s sparkling debut novel. Marcia Garcia – pronounced so her first and last names rhyme – is a smart and sassy ...Read Review
