By JD Rhoades
Louise’s War by Sarah R. Shaber
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
At the height of World War 2, young widow Louise Pearlie comes up to Washington DC from her home in Wilmington, NC and finds a job as a file clerk at the ultra-secret OSS (precursor to the CIA). When her boss is murdered and a file with connections to an old friend of Louise’s who’s trapped and endangered in Vichy France disappears, she dives in to set things right.
Louise is an engaging character, the kind of tough, no-nonsense Southern girl I can’t help but like. Sarah Shaber also perfectly evokes the setting of the nation’s capital in time of war: the near-chaos, the paranoia, the unsettling sense that the world is changing in ways no one really understands or has any control over. I definitely recommend this one.
Via: J.D. Rhoades
