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HNR Issue 95 (February 2021)

Death on the Homefront (Emily Cabot Mysteries)

By Frances McNamara - Published 2020

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Frances McNamara’s latest Emily Cabot mystery once again explores the amateur sleuth’s Chicago haunts. Our heroine has matured since the previous ...Read Review

The Missing Sister

By Dinah Jefferies - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

The bestselling author of The Tea Planter’s Wife has written another historical mystery featuring complex family relationships, love, and betrayal. Annabelle (Belle) ...Read Review

Stealing Mt. Rushmore

By Daphne Kalmar - Published 2020

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Children/Young Adult

Not everyone has a mom, and not every mom wants to be one. Daphne Kalmar’s novel is a story for real kids ...Read Review

Daughter of the White Rose

By Diane Zahler - Published 2021

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Children/Young Adult

This is a middle-grade tale based on true events that took place in England between 1470 and 1485. It is a fictional take on the ...Read Review

Murder on a Midnight Clear (High Society Lady Detective)

By Sara Rosett - Published 2020

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Mystery/Crime

When she inadvertently crashes a holiday house party, Olive Belgrave stumbles across more secrets than just what her sweetheart, Jasper Rimington, has been ...Read Review

Victorine

By Drema Drudge - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction Literary

This compelling literary novel brings Edouard Manet’s favorite model to life. Through first-person narration by petite, auburn-haired Victorine, we witness the relationship ...Read Review

The Arctic Fury

By Greer Macallister - Published 2020

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Lady Jane Franklin says she does not believe her husband, the explorer John Franklin, is dead. Multiple expeditions to the Arctic have failed ...Read Review

A Tip for the Hangman

By Allison Epstein - Published 2021

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Biographical Fiction

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) is the Jimi Hendrix of great playwrights. Marlowe’s meteoric career fizzled mysteriously 427 years ago. Just a few brilliant plays ...Read Review

An Irish Country Welcome (Irish Country Books Book 15)

By Patrick Taylor - Published 2020

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The latest in the endearing and long-running Irish Country series, this most recent novel is a paean to new beginnings – whether they’re ...Read Review

The Last Garden in England

By Julia Kelly - Published 2021

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Three women; three time periods. All connected by one garden. The storyline takes the reader to 1907, 1944, and the present, during which the women ...Read Review