D-DAY GIRLS by Sarah Rose

In 1942, an Allied victory was far from certain. Britain was barely holding its own after a battering in the Blitz and America was only just agreeing to enter the war. Using recently declassified files, diaries, interviews and more, Sarah Rose tells the stories of a handful of unlikely spies who paved the way for the Allied invasion.

ACCENT: THE NEVER-OPEN DESERT DINER

Ben is a delivery driver, bringing sundry items to a forgotten stretch of road in the Utah desert. His days as a driver are likely numbered if he isn’t able to collect some of the money owed to him, but he can’t bear to pressure the odd assortment of people on his route. Walt is…

REVIEW: THE WITCH OF LIME STREET by David Jaher

The noble dead, the Lost Generation as Gertrude Stein called them. An entire swath of the population was killed in WWI, followed by the deadly Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. Death was everywhere. And in the midst of all the mourning, some wise people sought hope. Theosophists and Spiritualists sought to prove that there was merely a thin veil between this world and the next, and those who were willing to listen could speak to the spirits from beyond.

REVIEW: QUEEN OF THE AIR by Dean Jensen

I love stories about the circus — and magicians, performers, and theatres — , particularly in this era.   There is something about the great gulf between the reality of the grueling life and the sparkling image that was maintained for the crowds.  Unforgiving schedules, primitive travel, punishing physical feats were all typical of even…