Louise's War
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
The first book in the Louise Pearlie Mysteries is “Sarah Shaber’s best novel yet” (Margaret Maron).
It’s 1942. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington, DC to work for the legendary Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA. When she discovers a document concerning the husband of her college friend Rachel Bloch—a young French Jewish woman she is desperately worried about—Louise realizes she may be able to help Rachel escape from Vichy France. But then a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is murdered, and she realizes she is on her own, unable to trust anyone . . .
“A satisfying puzzle as well as a vivid picture of Washington during WWII.” —Publishers Weekly
“An auspicious debut.” —Library Journal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in Washington, D.C., in 1942, Shaber's auspicious first in a new suspense series introduces Louise Pearlie, a young widow from North Carolina who works as a clerk for the newly formed OSS. When Louise, to her dismay, comes across a secret document regarding the efforts of Gerald Bloch, the hydrographer husband of a college friend, Rachel, to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Marseilles, she takes the file to her boss, Bob Holman. Before Holman can help, he dies in his office of a heart attack, according to the report Louise sees in the newspaper. Suspicious circumstances indicate otherwise and set Louise on track to investigate Holman's death and to try to rescue Gerald and Rachel. Shaber, the author of Shell Game (2007) and four other Simon Shaw mysteries, delivers a satisfying puzzle as well as a vivid picture of Washington during WWII.
