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

Author: Sarah R. Shaber

Narrator: Jenny Hoops

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 10/23/2021

Synopsis

On a bitterly cold night in December, 1943, government girl Louise Pearlie and her friend Joe Prager are enjoying a quiet drink in the Baron Steuben Inn, when a bloodstained body is discovered behind the bar.Although the victim had been a regular customer, no one seems to know anything about him. When it turns out there is a link to Louise’s top-secret work at the OSS, she is ordered to find out as much as possible about the murder while keeping the connection secret from those involved, including the investigating police detective.Although Louise has been trained to keep secrets, the constant deception is taking its toll, especially when she discovers that she was not the only customer at the Steuben that night with something to hide. Will Louise’s silence result in an innocent man being arrested for murder?

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 Bebe (Sarah)

I thoroughly enjoy this series. The author has impeccably researched WWII Washington, DC, and the result is an authentic and highly entertaining glimpse at women working in government during wartime. Louise has worked herself into interesting but completely plausible situations. This time, she inadv......more

Goodreads review by Antoinette

Louise's Lies, sixth in the Louise Pearlie World War II Novel of Suspense series, finds Louise a witness to the murder of a man in a bar in Washington DC. It turns out there is a link to Louise's top secret work at the OSS. Louise must find out as much as possible about the murder while keeping her......more

Goodreads review by Patricia

I love this series. This time Louise is involved with murder and can't tell her police friend everything. Thus the 'lies'. OTOH, the information about the German Embassy during the war is very interesting. Only a bit about Louise's 'real' work, but that bit of propaganda was interesting too.......more

Goodreads review by Paulatics

Another in an excellent series that is fun to read and educational. The author is a fine historian.......more

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