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    Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Mystery
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    Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Mystery

    By Jeanne M. Dams

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    Hilda Johansson, expecting her first child and miserable in the summer heat, turns to crime investigation to occupy her mind.
    It’s a heat wave in more ways than one in the summer of 1905, as strikes, arson, and train wrecks threaten the fabric of civilized society in South Bend, Indiana. In the tumultuous first years of the twentieth century, anarchy seems to rule, with the assassination of an American president and labor unrest like the Anthracite Coal Strike bringing misery to millions. From St. Petersburg, Russia, to Chicago, U.S.A., the army, police, and strike-breakers battle workers in the streets, resulting in many deaths. How can a Swedish immigrant like Hilda Johansson, formerly a housemaid, possibly affect these conditions? Making deductions worthy of Sherlock Holmes-and using her own “Baker Street Irregularsâ€-Hilda recognizes a pattern to the disturbing events. Even though confined to her home by pregnancy, she draws from the town’s varied social strata and enlists allies to try to put an end to disruption and find justice for all.
    “Absorbing. . . . Well-portrayed characters and a final surprise sure to please series fans make this a winner.†-Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPerseverance Press
    Release dateMar 4, 2015
    ISBN9781564747518
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    • 5/5
      Hilda Johanssen Cavanaugh is back, and she is very great with child. Meanwhile, train wrecks and labor problems are happening in South Bend in the early twentieth century, and who better than Hilda to solve what the police have been unable to crack. Operating mostly from home, Hilda employs her network of acquaintances in a manner that would put many twenty-first century networkers to shame. I feared for the state of the Hilda series when she married and stopped working as a servant in the Studebaker house, but Hilda is back and just as good as ever. This is a really fun historical novel. And, the birth occurs in this book so there is no need to wait for the next installment, which is always an annoyance to me.
    • 5/5
      Hilda Johanssen Cavanaugh is back, and she is very great with child. Meanwhile, train wrecks and labor problems are happening in South Bend in the early twentieth century, and who better than Hilda to solve what the police have been unable to crack. Operating mostly from home, Hilda employs her network of acquaintances in a manner that would put many twenty-first century networkers to shame. I feared for the state of the Hilda series when she married and stopped working as a servant in the Studebaker house, but Hilda is back and just as good as ever. This is a really fun historical novel. And, the birth occurs in this book so there is no need to wait for the next installment, which is always an annoyance to me.
    • 5/5
      The year is 1905; the place is South Bend, Indiana; the season is summer; and the temperature is hotter than hades. Hilda is hot, miserable, and very pregnant. To take her off her misery, her aunt Molly suggests that Hilda should turn her detecting abilities to solving the rash of deliberate train derailments. Soon, other crimes and misfortune hit a bit closer to home. Hilda, still wretchedly hot with her temper sometimes flaring, is determined to uncover the guilty parties. But all her sleuthing – at least nearly all of it – must be done from home, since a pregnant lady cannot be seen in public, except for trips to church. But Hilda, being Hilda, does let propriety get in her way. This book practically gives off heat and humidity as the story develops. Engaging characters in a well-developed plot make this tale a very enjoyable cozy mystery.