- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Avon; 1 edition (Jun 16 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061139807
- ISBN-13: 978-0061139802
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.5 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,289,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Haines serves up hefty portions of medium-rare WWII home-front nostalgia, wartime slang and theater lore in her second Rosie Winter mystery (after 2007's The War Against Miss Winter). In March 1943, aspiring Broadway actress Rosie has her problems: she broke up with her sailor boyfriend, Jack, just before he shipped out and now he's missing in action; she's stuck with best friend Jayne in a cheap Manhattan rooming house with backstabbing theatrical aspirants; her petty gangster buddy Al's in the hoosegow for a murder Rosie's sure he didn't do; and beef rationing looms as a cruel April Fool's joke. Haines makes the girls' physical and emotional hungers both vivid and poignant as they desperately try to keep smiling, but her bitter tale about wartime sacrifices inevitably producing corruption is riddled with inaccuracies (e.g., U.S.A.A.F. officers wore olive drab, not dress blues; corporal isn't a navy rank). Still, Haines brings home the painful price the greatest generation paid more gallantly than anyone then knew. (July)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
“Perfectly captures the feel, sights and sounds of New York in the 1940s.” (Rhys Bowen )
“[a] pitch-perfect rendering of the early ‘40s, from rationing to java stops at the automat.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“Haine’s assured debut brings the WWII era to vivid life.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Haines brings home the painful price the “greatest generation” paid more gallantly than anyone then knew.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Haines capably combines homefront ambience (rationing, worries over soldier boyfriends)with plenty of backstage drama....and Rosie and Jane make a winning team of fiesty homefronters...” (Booklist )
“A fun romp.” (Publishers Weekly )
“A breezy look back at the ’40s, complete with starlets in short skirts and mobsters smoking Cuban cigars.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“[a] pitch-perfect rendering of the early ‘40s, from rationing to java stops at the automat.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“Haine’s assured debut brings the WWII era to vivid life.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Haines brings home the painful price the “greatest generation” paid more gallantly than anyone then knew.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Haines capably combines homefront ambience (rationing, worries over soldier boyfriends)with plenty of backstage drama....and Rosie and Jane make a winning team of fiesty homefronters...” (Booklist )
“A fun romp.” (Publishers Weekly )
“A breezy look back at the ’40s, complete with starlets in short skirts and mobsters smoking Cuban cigars.” (Kirkus Reviews )
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Haines does it again!, Jun 27 2008
By D. White - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Winter Of Her Discontent: A Rosie Winter Mystery (Paperback)
In WAR AGAINST MISS WINTER, Haines created the irrepressible, wise-cracking character of Rosie Winter and set her mystery tale against the backdrop of New York's theatre scene during World War II. While that highly enjoyable novel teased with a level of verisimilitude that we're not used to seeing in a lot of mystery series, Haines takes Rosie several steps further in WINTER OF HER DISCONTENT. While the first novel's theatre-set story took place with WW II as a backdrop, the follow-up novel goes several steps further, giving us a mystery that's even more integrated into the moral and ethical dilemnas of wartime America. The result is a book that's as zippy and sharp as the first, but with a richness of character that's firmly set in a very specific time and place. Haines examines every nook and cranny of wartime New York City without ever sacrifcing the pacing and thoughtfulness that made WAR AGAINST MISS WINTER such an enjoyable thriller. As pulpy and lively as it is, there's an emotional truth to this series that you won't find elsewhere. Haines is really on to something and I, for one, can't wait to see what she comes up with next.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Spunky heroine does it again, Jun 30 2008
By A. T. White - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Winter Of Her Discontent: A Rosie Winter Mystery (Paperback)
The second installment in the Rosie Winter mystery series offers more details on all fronts -- on Rosie, spunky actress and accidental private investigator, on life during WWII, as well as a backstage look at the NYC theatre scene. A great read for those who love historical mysteries and those with fabulous female heroines.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Winter of Her Discontent, July 25 2008
By Steven Rapaport "A Voice in Time" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Winter Of Her Discontent: A Rosie Winter Mystery (Paperback)
Mrs. Haines has again captured the memories of the 40's in an outstanding mystery novel. Rosie is at her best trying to make ends meet as an actress and solve another crime at the same time. Mrs. Haines is able to describe the hardships faced by the up and coming thespians and at the same time weave a mystery that unfolds within the settings of the theatre. She is able to bring her characters to life and make us either love, hate or feel sorry for them. As she tells the story, WW II is ever present playing its part in the outcome of the novel. Mrs. Haines has again written a must read book that should be #1 on every mystery lovers list!
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