Sarah Shaber: Louise's War
Join North Carolina mystery writer Sarah Shaber as she discusses the first of her new historical series, Louise's War. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington DC in 1942 to work as a clerk for the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA. When, while filing, she discovers a document concerning the husband of a college friend, Rachel Bloch, a young French Jewish woman she is desperately worried about. Louise realizes she may be able to help get Rachel out of Vichy France. But when a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is murdered, she realizes she is on her own, unable to trust anyone.
Margaret Maron states, “Sarah Shaber’s best novel yet. I literally could not put it down. I finished it with tears in my eyes. With a historian’s eye for the telling detail, she captures the essence of Washington in 1942 with its paranoia, its secrecy, and its potential to let women reinvent themselves at a volatile time. Highly recommended.”
Shaber is the author of the Professor Simon Shaw murder mysteries, and also the editor of Tar Heel Dead, a collection of short stories by North Carolina mystery writers. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.