Sarah R. Sharber, Author, Sarah R. Shaber, Author Minotaur Books $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-25337-0
Forensic historian Simon Shaw, who made his debut in Simon Said, gets an unexpected and unwelcome opportunity to exercise his unique skills during a Thanksgiving vacation on Pearlie Beach--a small island off the North Carolina coast. Simon, a...
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Sarah R. Shaber, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $22.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-312-29046-7
In his third winning cozy (Simon Says; Snipe Hunt), history professor Simon Shaw's journey to "the homeplace" in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains is interrupted by an escaped convict, Roy Freedman, who at gunpoint asks his help...
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Sarah R. Shaber, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/ Dunne $22.95 (227p) ISBN 978-0-312-32218-2
In Shaber's fourth intriguing Simon Shaw whodunit (after 2003's The Fugitive King
), the mild-mannered professor at Kenan College in Raleigh, N.C., has earned a reputation as a "forensic historian," that is, an expert in solving long-
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Sarah R. Shaber, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $22.95 (210p) ISBN 978-0-312-35602-6
Shaber's brisk fifth Simon Shaw cozy (after 2004's The Bug Funeral
) obliges the Raleigh, N.C., history professor to apply his forensic skills to the murder of a close friend and colleague. David Morgan, a highly regarded archeologist, is...
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Sarah R. Shaber, Author St. Martin's Press $20.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-15207-9
Dr. Simon Shaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at North Carolina's Kenan College, needs something to distract him from his troubles. He has taken an ""emotional nosedive"" since his wife, Tessa, deserted him for a career in New York. The diversion
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Sarah R. Shaber. Severn, $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8040-6
Set in Washington, D.C., in 1942, Shaber's auspicious first in a new suspense series introduces Louise Pearlie, a young widow from North Carolina who works as a clerk for the newly formed OSS. When Louise, to her dismay, comes across a secret...
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Sarah R. Shaber. Severn, $28.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8133-5
In Shaber’s winning second WWII-era novel of suspense (after 2011’s Louise’s War), 30-year-old widow Louise Pearlie, who clerks for the OSS in Washington, D.C., befriends Alessa di Luca, “a penniless female refugee” she meets at her knitting circle.
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Sarah R. Shaber. Severn, $27.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8295-0
Set in 1943, Shaber’s mild third novel of suspense (after 2012’s Louise’s Gamble) takes widow Louise Pearlie from her desk at the Research and Analysis Branch of the OSS in Washington, D.C., into the field. A censor has relayed to the OSS a postcard
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Sarah R. Shaber. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8392-6
Period flavor trumps plot in Shaber’s leisurely paced fourth novel of suspense set during WWII (after 2013’s Louise’s Dilemma). Since Louise Pearlie has top secret clearance at her job in the OSS, her superiors assign her to look into the file...
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Sarah R. Shaber. Severn, $28.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8552-4
Set in late 1943, Shaber’s suspenseful fifth WWII mystery (after 2014’s Louise’s Blunder) takes Louise Pearlie, who’s been working as a clerk for the OSS in Washington, D.C., to Fort Meade in Maryland, where she gets a more exciting job with...
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Sarah R. Shaber. Severn, $28.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8654-5
Shaber’s winning sixth WWII mystery (after 2015’s Louise’s Chance) is her best yet. One subfreezing December night in 1943, government employee Louise Pearlie and her friend Joe Prager, who doesn’t know she works for the OSS, decide to go for a...
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