Louises Blunder, Sarah R. Shaber
Louises Blunder, Sarah R. Shaber
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Louise's Blunder

Author: Sarah R. Shaber

Narrator: Jenny Hoops

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 10/23/2021

Synopsis

1940s, Washington, DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie is asked to review the file usage of a missing analyst from the Office of Strategic Services—the United States’ wartime intelligence agency—only to learn he’d drowned in the Tidal Basin days before. The OSS confirms it was an accident, and Louise is sent back to her regular job in the file rooms.Her time spent investigating Paul Hughes at least has one positive outcome, though: Louise meets a young woman in the OSS Reading Room, who asks her to join her “salon,” where she is encouraged to talk about controversial issues like racial segregation and equal pay for women. Socializing with the women helps her cope with her beau Joe Prager's transfer to New York City.But Louise’s life soon takes a dangerous and sinister turn, and she can’t help but worry if she’ll wind up floating in the Tidal Basin herself …

About Sarah R. Shaber

Sarah R. Shaber is an award-winning mystery author from North Carolina. Her Louise Pearlie Mystery series stars a young widow working for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, DC, during World War II. Shaber also penned an earlier series of murder mysteries, the Professor Simon Shaw series, as well as a stand-alone horror novel, Blood Test, and was the editor of Tar Heel Dead, a collection of short stories by North Carolina mystery writers. Her short stories appear in several anthologies, including Carolina Crimes and Murder Under the Oaks. Shaber was the Bouchercon15 (World Mystery Conference) local guest of honor. Her website is SarahShaberBooks.net.

About Jenny Hoops

Jenny Hoops is a versatile audiobook narrator. With degrees in psychology and biology, she relishes science-related nonfiction and complex whodunnit fiction. Jenny loves acting, and excels at many accents, including American (Standard, Midwest, New England, Southern, Texas, West Coast), Canadian (French and English), British (RP, Cockney), Spanish, Italian, and German. Her nonfiction work includes biographies as well as current events and news. Jenny’s varied career: environment inspector, event coordinator, motivational speaker, soccer mom, and now narrator. In her spare time, she visits nursing homes with her friendly dog, and cheers for her sons at biathlon races. Jenny lives in rural Alberta, Canada, and records from a professionally equipped home studio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tara on September 13, 2014

This is book four in the Louise Pearlie series. (I only read book three before reading this one and I haven't been one bit lost.) Louise is a woman who works for the OSS during WWII, in D.C. What's the OSS? I can't remember what exactly it stands for, but think of it as an early version of the NSA.......more

Goodreads review by Ann on August 11, 2017

Enjoyable I have come to love this series. 1940s Washington comes alive and Louise's life keeps takin unexpected turns as she works for the OSS and finds herself involved in case work on a regular basis.......more

Goodreads review by Paulatics on November 09, 2014

I love this series. Sarah is a mystery writer and an historian. Her characters are complex and her sense of place is historically accurate and vivid.......more

Goodreads review by Bikram on April 05, 2019

Disclaimer. I had requested and received audible version of this book for free from the narrator, in exchange for an unbiased review. What I liked about the book - I love reading books based on historical times; specially those occuring during WW2. So, when I learnt about existence of this series, I wa......more

Goodreads review by Jan on March 22, 2019

The OSS was the precursor of the CIA and it operated during WW2 (check out the biography of Julia Child!). This agency was every bit as disjointed and dysfunctional as the current one and many of the employees, both stateside and overseas were inadequately prepared for the tasks that they were assig......more

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