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

Author: Sarah R. Shaber

Narrator: Jenny Hoops

Unabridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 10/23/2021

Synopsis

Young widow Louise Pearlie seizes a chance to escape the typewriters and files of the Office of Strategic Services, the United States’ World War II spy agency, when she’s asked to investigate a puzzling postcard referred to the OSS by the US Censor. She heads off to St. Leonard, Maryland, to talk to the postcard’s recipient, one Leroy Martin. But what seemed like a straightforward mission to Louise soon becomes complicated.Leroy and his wife, Anne, refuse to talk, but as Louise investigates, it soon becomes clear that Leroy is mixed up in something that looks a lot like treason. But what? Louise is determined to find out the truth, whatever the cost …

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 Paulatics on October 19, 2013

Book #3 in the Louise Pearlie series is another winner for Sarah Shaber. In addition to the compelling suspense and intrigue, the characters are smart and interesting. As in all her books, the historical detail and regional dialects are well done. Start with #1. I recommend this author completely.......more

Goodreads review by Tara on September 25, 2013

First of all, I haven't read the first two books in this series. However, it wasn't hard to get up to date. I didn't feel lost as I read this. Granted, I don't know all the back-story, but it's told in such a manner, you don't NEED to know every single person's history. If you're wanting a romance, t......more

Goodreads review by Antoinette on October 23, 2013

Louise's Dilemma is the third in the Louise Pearlie Novels of Suspense. Louise, a native of Wilmington, NC, moves to Washington, DC to work for the OSS during WWII. Because of her OSS training she is trusted to track down information about a postcard sent from France to a resident Maryland's Eastern......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on July 30, 2014

I love this series. The main character, Louise, and her determination to think in a different way about her life and future, as well as her past, makes her very interesting. This time her adventure begins with a post card from occupied France, and how that kind of mail got around. All the little det......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 22, 2020

A little too much repetition in this one. The story didn't pull me in like the first two books in the series. Maybe Louise was tired because of the newly implemented 48 hour work week because she seemed a little dumb in this one. How could she not suspect Anne? She should have been on high alert whe......more

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