RosieWinter is a struggling actress in New York City during WWII. Things are so rough that she may soon be kicked out of her boardinghouses for actresses because she hasn't had a part for six months. To make matters worse, her part-time job as a filing clerk for a shady private detective has come to an end, since she just found his body hanging in the office closet. Rosie can't let her boss' death go and soon she finds that quite a few others are interested in Jim's last case, including his high society widow, the mob and New York's theater crowd. Rosie may be a sassy independent gal, but she and her roommate, Jayne, are going to have to figure out the case quickly or end up dead!
Kathryn Miller Haines does a great job of taking the reader back to the 1940's. Words like peepers, gams, java and V-mail sprinkle the entire book and the conversation is absolutely delightful. Some of the plot was a bit tricky with some weird twists and turns but mostly, it was enjoyable. The characters of Rosie and Jayne were well-developed but the secondary characters were a little thin. Overall, it was an enjoyable read and I think is she writes a sequel, I'll read it.
Rating - 3-1/2 stars
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