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Louise’s Chance
The Louise Pearlie Mystery Series (Book 5)
- Author
- Sarah R. Shaber
- Narrator
- Jenny Hoops
- Publish Date
- 23 November 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 …
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Details
- Author
- Sarah R. Shaber
- Narrator
- Jenny Hoops
- Duration
- 6 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 November 2021
- ISBN
- 9798200809486
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Crime and mystery fiction
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 …
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