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Face of the Enemy by Joanne Dobson and Beverle Graves Myers. A New York in Wartime Mystery.
Review summary: This is a riveting mystery set during the early weeks of America's involvement in World War II, with a Japanese woman accused of murder. The supporting cast of characters is impressive as is the richly drawn setting, all conveying a sense of what it was like to live in New York City at this historic time for the country. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Face of the Enemy
Joanne Dobson and Beverle Graves Myers
A New York in Wartime Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (September 2012)
Publisher synopsis: December, 1941: With New Yorkers painfully aware of their vulnerability after the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI prowls the city snatching up Japanese residents. Tension increases for a sensitive Japanese artist when she’s accused of murder as well as espionage. Is Masako Fumi guilty? Or a victim of racial paranoia? Nurse Louise Hunter is outraged and vows to help her friend.
When the murdered body of Masako’s art dealer is discovered in the gallery where he’d been closing down her controversial show, Masako’s troubles multiply. Homicide detective Michael McKenna doubts her guilt, but an ambitious G-man schemes to lever the homicide and ensuing espionage accusations into a political cause célèbre.
Struggling to focus on one man’s murder while America plunges into a worldwide war, Louise and McKenna defy both racism and ham-fisted government agents in order to expose the real killer.
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