Bücher von Kathryn Miller Haines

Rosie Winter ist auf dem Weg in die Südsee. Zusammen mit ihrer Freundin Jayne und einer Gruppe Tänzerinnen soll sie in diesem Juni 1943 bei den Soldaten an der Front für gute Laune sorgen. Doch das erweist sich als gar nicht so einfach: Die Überfahrt ist turbulent, das Essen schlecht, und die Feldbetten sind hart. Außerdem stiehlt der Hollywood-Star Gilda DeVane den anderen Frauen die Show, und Rosies große Liebe Jack gilt seit Wochen als vermisst. Während Rosie zwischen Tanzeinlagen und Luftangriffen versucht, mehr über Jacks Verschwinden herauszufinden, wird Gilda bei einem ihrer Auftritte erschossen ... Rosie Winter bricht in die Südsee auf, um ihre große Liebe wiederzufinden. Seekrankheit, Kugelhagel, ein unliebsamer Verehrer und eine mörderische Verschwörung - nichts kann sie in diesem Juni 1943 aufhalten, denn Miss Winter lässt nicht locker.

Keine Feldpost vom Exfreund, dafür Fleischrationierung und zwei linke Füße beim Vortanzen: Die Laune von Rosie Winter, Broadway-Schauspielerin ohne Engagement, ist in diesem Frühjahr 1943 nicht die beste. Und dann wird auch noch Al verhaftet, Rosies treuer Kumpel aus der New Yorker Unterwelt. Broadway-Starlet Paulette Monroe wurde erschlagen. Al, ein Muskelprotz im Dienst der Mafia, gesteht die Tat. Klar, dass ihm jeder glaubt. Doch Rosie Winter kennt Al und weiß, dass er kein Mörder ist. Als für die Show, in der Paulette die Hauptrolle hätte spielen sollen, noch Tänzerinnen gesucht werden, sieht Rosie ihre Chance. Zusammen mit ihrer Freundin Jayne macht sie sich daran, Als Unschuld zu beweisen. Mit Witz, Verstand und dem Herz auf der Zunge ermittelt Rosie Winter wieder in der kriegsgeplagten New Yorker Theaterwelt der 40er Jahre.

It's tough shooting for stardom when there's a war on. But Rosie's got enough pluck for two: she's willing to stumble around in a Broadway dance chorus that she has no right to be a part of, in a musical that's got "flop" written all over it. And all the while, she's worrying about her missing-in-action soldier boyfriend, who hasn't written in months. Lately, she's also been keeping bad company with her mob-muscle pal, Al, who's dabbling in a host of shady money-making enterprises in this time of shortages and rationing. But despite his illicit line of work, Al's no killer. When the cops finger him for his girlfriend's murder, Rosie and Jayne, her close compatriot/fellow castmate, set out to clear big Al's name, and plunge into an intricate backstage drama featuring a bevy of suspiciously well-dressed wannabe starlets. But the plot could soon be taking another lethal turn, bringing a final curtain down on Rosie, Jayne, and all their good intentions.

New York, 1943: Aspiring actress Rosie Winter has been marooned in New York throughout the war. Now, faced with the news that her ex-boyfriend Jack might not be coming home again, she's desperate to leave the home front and head for the war front. So when Rosie and her best pal Jayne get an offer to go to the South Pacific to perform with USO Camp Shows, they jump at the chance.But being a greasepaint soldier isn't as easy as they had hoped. Not only are the cast members surly, the schedules inhumane, and the housing conditions primitive but they also have to travel with a major?and majorly difficult?Hollywood star. But none of that is as bad as living in a war zone, and when tragedy strikes, Rosie and Jayne are left wondering if they are being targeted by the enemy or if something far more sinister is afoot.

It's 1943, and the war escalating in Europe and the Pacific seems far away. But for aspiring actress Rosie Winter, the war feels as if it were right in New York City?what with food rationing and frequent blackouts . . . and a boyfriend she hasn't heard word one from since he enlisted in the navy. Now her rent is coming due and she hasn't been cast in anything for six months. The factories are desperate for women workers, but Rosie the Thespian isn't about to become Rosie the Riveter, so she grabs a part-time job at a seamy, lowbrow detective agency instead.However, there's more to the Big City gumshoe game than chasing lowlife cheating spouses. When her boss turns up dead, Rosie finds herself caught up in a ticklish high society mystery, mingling with mobsters and searching for a notorious missing script. Maybe she has no crime-fighting experience?but Rosie certainly knows how to act the role. No matter how the war against Miss Winter turns out, it's not going to end with her surrender!Evocative, entertaining, and wonderfully original, Kathryn Miller Haines's War Against Miss Winter introduces not only an unforgettable new sleuth but also an exciting new voice in the mystery genre, with a fast-paced tale of murder and deception that brings the World War II era vividly to life.