HNR Issue 71 (February 2015)
Beyond the Bitter Sea
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Babylon, 6th century BC: teenaged Gil, an indentured servant, escapes the city of Babylon to search for his missing father, who disappeared on ...Read Review
The Raven’s Head
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The Raven’s Head is an intoxicating blend of history, mystery and magic, and Maitland’s storytelling is deft and detailed. Told in ...Read Review
The Witch-Hunter’s Tale
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This is the third in the author’s mystery series set during the English Civil War, starring Lady Bridget Hodgson, noblewoman and midwife. ...Read Review
The Barchester Murders
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Starring the characters from Trollope’s famous Barchester Chronicles, this novel certainly made me wish to re-read the originals to compare different perspectives ...Read Review
For Elise
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InspirationalMystery/CrimeRomance
Miles Linwood and Elise Furlong were childhood best friends. Growing up on neighboring estates, in comfortable luxury, they spent many treasured and halcyon ...Read Review
The Unexpected Earl
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The beautiful, unmarried 26-year-old Julia Rotherham hopes to get through her younger sister’s coming-out ball without calling attention to herself. After being ...Read Review
Die I Will Not
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The 1813 murder of a newspaper editor intrigues Penelope Wolfe, but the resulting scandal could involve her. The editor was about to reveal the ...Read Review
Jam on the Vine
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In the early 20th century, Ivoe Williams grows up as the unusually intelligent daughter of a Muslim cook and a metalsmith from Texas. ...Read Review
Two-Dollar Pistol
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During the Great Depression of the 1930s, gangsters, bootleggers, and bank robbers ran rampant, always looking for ways to make a quick buck. ...Read Review
The Reluctant Midwife
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Becky worked as a nurse for cold fish Dr. Isaac Blum for years in the 1920s, but as this novel begins, in the ...Read Review