A brand new mystery came on loan from County Reader. It's based an actual events and people and the author does a great job of explaining which is which and includes a list of her resources. A simple request for the cost of damages after a car ran down their horse and buggy started a frightening chain of events, especially for three women living on their own. Girl Waits With Gun, by Amy Stewart starts (hopefully) a series about one of the first women detectives.

I am finding it hard to post something about All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. I can't seem to come up with a cohesive paragraph so I'm going to do it with short phrases. I was caught up in it pretty much from page one. (That is, reading far into the night). Sometimes I felt a bit off-balance (this is okay, one of the characters is blind and the descriptions of her learning how to cope was something very vivid for me). I felt trapped (surviving the Hitler youth). I felt hungry, and dirty (little food, no water for bathing). A compelling read!

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