HNR Issue 76 (May 2016)
The Singer from Memphis
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In this sixth installment in Gary Corby’s Athenian Mystery series, Nicolaos and his wife, Diotima, a priestess with an independent streak a ...Read Review
The Empress of Bright Moon
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The Empress of Bright Moon, Weina Dai Randel’s second novel of Mei, the woman who became Empress Consort Wu, the only female ...Read Review
Murder at Whitehall
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Yuletide in 1559 gives Kate Hayward a chance to compose and play her music for Queen Elizabeth’s Twelve Days of Christmas celebration. In ...Read Review
The Butcher’s Hook
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Janet Ellis has written a startling and original historical novel in The Butcher’s Hook. The smart, astute and fascinating heroine and mesmerising ...Read Review
The Executioner’s Race
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1834, Istanbul. When Zeyneb, a woman calligrapher, is condemned for using her talent to turn holy prayers into forbidden forms—those of animals and ...Read Review
The Lion’s Embrace
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Harriet Montagu’s archaeologist father has been kidnapped in the Barbary States. Only Lucas Saintclair, a rude and uncouth local guide, and his ...Read Review
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue: A Gaslight Mystery
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Victorian New York: Maeve, the nursemaid for the newly married Sarah and Frank Malloy, answers the doorbell to find a distraught Mrs. O’...Read Review
The Longest Fight
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In 1950s London, Jack Munday is trying to find lightning in the bottle that will get him to the top of the boxing ...Read Review
Marlene
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Marlene is a fictional autobiography of Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992). In seven “scenes” the legendary femme fatale recounts events from her earlier years through ...Read Review
Midnight in Berlin
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What can I say about this book except that it ticks all the right boxes? It is a spy thriller with: – a tightly ...Read Review
