Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal. Sourcebooks Landmark: Naperville, IL. 320 pages. sourcebooks.com. Radhavatal.com. Available in paperback and as a digital book.
It’s 1915, before the United States entered what we now call World War I and became a superpower. Women were cared for by their fathers or husbands, and those who wanted to work were allowed to choose from a handful of socially-acceptable jobs. Women could neither vote nor sit on juries as peers, yet women were speaking out and marching for their rights. It was an exciting time for America as the country was changing socially and politically. This is the world of Capability “Kitty” Weeks in a twobook-old mystery series written by Radha Vatsal.
Smart, spunky Kitty traveled the world with her widowed father and was educated at a boarding school in Switzerland. When her father settled down, he chose the bustling mecca of New York City and brought 19-year-old Kitty to live with him in a comfortable Manhattan home with a housekeeper, cook, and driver.
In the first book, A Front Page Affair, Kitty secures her dream job as a reporter for the New York Sentinel although the Ladies’ Page isn’t quite what she had in mind. Assigned to cover a society picnic, her charm and comportment allow her to gather the details required. However, when a murder occurs at the event, Kitty decides she’s far more interested in ferreting out the truth behind the incident than reporting on who wore what and who was in attendance. Meanwhile, a shooting takes place at the home of J. P. Morgan, the Lusitania is torpedoed, and shocking revelations about her father surface, forcing Kitty to juggle work and home issues to interesting conclusions.
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