HNR Issue 87 (February 2019)

The Weight of a Piano

By Chris Cander - Published 2019

Genres:

Literary

At the turn of the 20th century, Julius Blüthner listens for the music hidden in the trees as he searches the Romanian ...Read Review

The Marshal and the Sinister Still (A Nelson Lane Frontier Mystery)

By C. M. Wendelboe - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

The Marshal and the Sinister Still returns readers to Depression-era Wyoming, where federal Marshall Nelson Lane is asked by a tribal policeman to ...Read Review

Children of God

By Lars Petter Sveen - Published 2018

Genres:

Literary

Translated from Norwegian, thirteen somewhat interlocking vignettes portray life on the edge of society in Israel at the time of Jesus. Roman soldiers ...Read Review

Mapping the Bones

By Jane Yolen - Published 2019

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

To avoid stuttering, Chaim Abromowitz rarely speaks more than five words at a time, and those only twice a day. As young children ...Read Review

Goodbye for Now

By M.J. Hollows - Published 2018

Genres:

It’s 1914, and Europe is being torn apart as World War One gains momentum. The novel is written from the perspectives of two ...Read Review

The Coal Miner’s Wife (The Deerness Series)

By Elizabeth Gill - Published 2018

Genres:

Saga

This is the second in the Deerness series, set in the industrial north-east of England. It is the turn of the century in ...Read Review

The Devil Aspect

By Craig Russell - Published 2019

Genres:

LiteraryThriller

Prague, 1935. Hrad Orlů Asylum, an ancient hilltop fortress reputedly built to plug the mouth of Hell, once imprisoned the demonic Jan of the ...Read Review

Of Another Time and Place

By Brad Schaeffer - Published 2018

Genres:

After World War I, Harmon Becker studies classical piano under his beloved Jewish mentor. Another Time and Place follows Harmon as he is ...Read Review

Forever and a Day: A James Bond Novel

By Anthony Horowitz - Published 2018

Genres:

Thriller

World War II has ended, the Korean War has just begun, and British agent 007 turns up dead off a quay by Marseilles. The ...Read Review

All that Glitters (A Great Western Detective League Case)

By Paul Colt - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

As a title in the Great Western Detective League Case series, this tale pairs up the experienced duo of Briscoe Cane and Beau ...Read Review