HNR Issue 95 (February 2021)

City of Schemes (A Counterfeit Lady Novel)

By Victoria Thompson - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In post-WWI New York, Elizabeth Miles, a former con artist, is preparing to marry Gideon, a respectable lawyer. Elizabeth, wishing to have a ...Read Review

Those Who Are Saved

By Alexis Landau - Published 2021

Genres:

Wealthy, educated, and attractive Vera, the heroine of Alexis Landau’s exquisite World War II novel, belongs to the select group of Russian é...Read Review

A Little Rebellion Is a Good Thing: Troubles at Traymore College

By Duncan Clarke - Published 2020

Genres:

Thriller

1969. David Pritchard has great plans for his future and takes up employment as a political science professor at Traymore women’s college in ...Read Review

The Poetry of Secrets

By Cambria Gordon - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1481 Trujillo, Spain, sixteen-year-old Isabel is an unusual girl. Not only can she read and write, but she also sneaks out at night ...Read Review

Miss Harriet’s Wedding (An Alice and Trudy Mystery)

By Valerie Adolph - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In England in 1947, Princess Elizabeth prepares to marry Phillip Mountbatten. And at the Avalon Private Hotel, sweet, elderly Miss Harriet is planning to ...Read Review

Trapped in Hitler’s Web

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1942 Ukraine and Austria. Eleven-year-old Maria Fediuk has a plan. What is now Ukraine and Poland are in the heart of the war zone ...Read Review

River of Sins

By Sarah Hawkswood - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

1144, Worcester. A woman is found brutally murdered on an island in the middle of a river, a few miles from town. Hawkswood’s ...Read Review

Anya and the Nightingale

By Sofiya Pasternack - Published 2020

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

Anya and her “foolish” friend Ivan are back in Book 2, one year after series debut Anya and the Dragon, with another adventure. This ...Read Review

The Note Through the Wire

By Doug Gold - Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 1942 Slovenia, Bruce, a POW from New Zealand, is at the perimeter fence of a stalag. He spots someone who appears to be ...Read Review

Bitter Harvest Moon

By D M Hanson - Published 2019

Genres:

1914, Hull. When war is declared, Emily Walker is an impressionable eleven-year-old. Her two elder brothers join up, as does Robert, the boy next ...Read Review