HNR Issue 69 (August 2014)
Murder and Mendelssohn
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When a disliked chorus conductor turns up dead, sheet music from Mendelssohn’s Messiah crammed down his throat, it’s up to Detective ...Read Review
Motherland
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Motherland is a disturbing novel. Set in Germany during the last months of the war, it’s the story of Frank Kappus, a ...Read Review
Madame Picasso
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Pablo Picasso is arguably one of the greatest artists ever. Art historians and theorists have pored over his works for years, and many ...Read Review
Really the Blues
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Paris in 1941 is a very dangerous place for jazz trumpeter and New Orleans native Eddie Piron. While other Nazi “undesirables” lay low, Eddie ...Read Review
Killing Ground
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Destroyer HMS Gladiator patrols the Western Sea in 1942–43, protecting convoys from packs of German U-boats. She is not entirely successful. The torpedoes always ...Read Review
Emeralds Included
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The third and latest novel in the delightful series by Betsy Woodman, Emeralds Included, follows the further adventures of Jana Bibi, also known ...Read Review
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood
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Entry number eight in the popular Outlander series picks up almost squarely where its predecessor left off: Jamie is back from the supposed ...Read Review
Secrets of the Terra Cotta Soldier
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A Chinese officer serving in 200 B.C.E. under Emperor Chu’u yearns for battle, but has long been assigned only to “boring” ...Read Review
The Lost King
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1473, Ludlow Castle. Twelve-year-old Lisa becomes the maid and companion to the young Prince Edward Plantagenet, son and heir of King Edward IV, which ...Read Review
The Ark Before Noah
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The focus of this book is a small tablet Dr. Finkel stumbled upon recently that had been sitting unnoticed among the British Museum’...Read Review
