It's May 1942 -- not even 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. Irene Ingram is 22 years old and is the new editor-in-chief of her small town Pennsylvania newspaper because her father is off doing war correspondence stuff somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. A lot of women have had to fill in for the missing male workforce, of course, but a young female in charge of a newspaper still didn't please a lot of people -- including some of Irene's staff.
One of her reporters, Moe Bauer, is prone to follow his own leads in search of the next big story. When he fails to follow up on a couple of stories that she assigned him, and then doesn't show up to work after that, she goes to check on him and finds him dead. She doesn't think that it was an accident and soon begins to wonder if his death was somehow linked to the stories he was supposed to be following up on -- stories that may have Anti-Semitism at their core.
At first, quite a lot of people urge Irene to stay out of it -- including her future father-in-law who happens to be the Chief of Police, the mysterious girl boarding at her family home who works at a local factory where some of the possible hate crimes have been happening, and the victims themselves. Of course, she has to find out the truth so investigates anyway with the help of her best friend and some others.
It all takes place over the a time span of less than three weeks so the pacing is pretty steady but not break-neck. I really felt like I knew the characters and the community and enjoyed trying to figure out what was going on. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where the series leads.
8 comments:
I like how it sounds! Sounds like an easy buy good read! Love that cover too! Happy weekend!
Sounds like a good story. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “WITH LOVE FROM LONDON”
I'd probably really like this book based on the opening sentences. Enjoy! My review and quotes for Lincoln Highway
This sounds like a good book, I hope you enjoy it! Have a great weekend. Here is my post if you'd like to stop by: https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/02/first-line-friday-38-time-to-love.html
I like the quotes. Have a great weekend!
Glad you enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the books this author wrote as Joyce Tremel.
That sounds cool. Thanks for sharing!
I really want to read this one and am glad to hear you enjoyed it. Have a great weekend!
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