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

Author: Sarah R. Shaber

Narrator: Jenny Hoops

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 10/23/2021

Synopsis

1940s, Washington, DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie has a new job inside the OSS—the Office of Strategic Services: recruiting German prisoners of war for a secret mission inside Nazi Germany. It’s a big chance for her, and Louise hopes she can finally escape her filing and typing duties.With the job comes two new colleagues: Alice Osborne, a propaganda expert, and Merle Ellison, a forger from Texas who just happens to speak fluent German. But when the three arrive at Fort Meade to interview the first German POWs to arrive there, their mission is beset by complications. Only one of the prisoners speaks English, the army officer in charge of the camp is an alcoholic, and two prisoners disappeared on the ship bringing the Germans to the states. Were their deaths suicide? Officially, yes. But Louise can’t help but have her doubts …

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 October 05, 2015

I've really been enjoying this series since I picked it up at book three and despite missing books one and two, I have never felt like I'm missing anything, thought I can't for the life of me remember her previous experience with Agent Williams. Either he was in book one or two, or there's been too......more

Goodreads review by Bebe (Sarah) on December 21, 2015

An intriguing series that just keeps getting stronger and richer. I'm impressed with the authentic atmosphere of WWII from the perspective of a young widow working in intelligence in DC and feeling her freedom while discovering societal limitations for females and others. Louise has worked her way u......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on December 27, 2015

Absolutely one of my favorite series because the main character, Louise Pearle is such a rebel with a cause aside from the things she is doing and getting involved in being so interesting. This time it is about prisoners of war, German and Italian, sent to the US for internment. Her new boss is also......more

Goodreads review by Laura on July 12, 2020

Too much repetition. Not good in such a short book. I'm also not sure if I like Louise's new colleagues. The one good point to the last is the fact Louise seems to transfer between departments fairly frequently, so maybe she'll have new colleagues again further down the road. For the first time, the......more

Goodreads review by Janet on February 24, 2024

Good mystery Lots of twists and turns. Plenty of false evidence. When combined make an enjoyable read. But if possible please give yourself time to read at one sitting.......more

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