The Victory Dance Murder

If you're of a certain age and remember the 40s and especially the beginning years of WWII, you should love this book! You'll find yourself nodding your head in agreement with casually-tossed out remarks like "Here's a dime, go buy yourself a toy at Woolworth's" or you might find yourself humming the tune to a popular song of the era --Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else but Me-- as it is woven into the rich texture of this era that serves as a backdrop to this nostalgic, easy-going and gentle book.It takes you back to a time when patriotism really meant something, not just the newest Olympics coming up, or the current one being plastered all over the TV, which of course, was only the merest figment of anyone's imagination at that time. This was a time of sacrifice and doing without, of sharing, and all over America, the inhabitants of small towns like Robinsville, Pennsylvania, banded together to 'beat the Axis'.The heroine, Kate Fallon, is a working girl, waiting for her fiancé to return from the Army. An avid reader of mystery novels, she uses her native intelligence and puzzle-solving abilities to help the authorities bring a multiple killer to justice. A wonderful group of secondary characters are so real, you expect to hear them speak out loud at any moment. Awesome is the only word that can describe the research exhibited here. The writing and the story should hold the interest of anyone who enjoys reading something other than fast-paced shoot-em-ups or car chases. With none of the ubiquitous four-letter words, either. Hooray!