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Sarah Shaber
A forest ranger finds a woman’s skeleton in a 1953 pick-up truck below the Blue Ridge Parkway, while back in Raleigh her convicted murderer wants Professor Simon Shaw to prove…
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Sarah R. Shaber
1940s, Washington DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie has a new job: recruiting German prisoners-of-war for a secret mission inside Nazi Germany. It’s a big chance for her, but from the…
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Following a reassignment to London, government girl Louise Pearlie journeys across the Atlantic. She is joined by an eclectic group of passengers, including a widow whose husband mysteriously died on…
Washington DC, 1943. Louise Pearlie and a friend are enjoying a quiet drink when a bloodstained body is discovered on the premises. When it turns out there is a link…
Sarah R Shaber
Young widow Louise Pearlie becomes embroiled in a perilous game of mafia bosses, Nazi spies and banished royalty in this wartime novel of suspense. It’s 1942 in Washington DC. Louise…
Young widow Louise Pearlie seizes a chance to escape the typewriters and files of the Office of Strategic Services, the US’s World War II spy agency, when she’s asked to…
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…
Young widow Louise Pearlie seizes a chance to escape the typewriters and files of the Office of Strategic Services, the US’ World War II spy agency, when she’s asked to…
When a forest ranger discovers an old pickup truck and its skeleton passenger on a parkway in North Carolina, Professor Shaw heads to the mountains to find evidence to prove…
Government Girl Louise Pearlie is asked to review the file usage of a missing analyst from the Office of Strategic Services - the US’s wartime intelligence agency - only to…
Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington, D.C. to work as a clerk for the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA. When she discovers a document concerning…
This collection of mystery short stories showcases some of North Carolina’s writing talent from the past and the present - some famous, some less well known. They solve crimes, locate…
1942, Washington D.C. Young widow Louise Pearlie becomes embroiled in a perilous game of mafia bosses, Nazi spies and banished royalty in this wartime novel of suspense.
Originally published: New York: St. Martin’s, 1997.
