A Stranger in My Street by Deborah Burrows

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Mark on inside page. Inscribed by author.

It's January 1943. Australia is at war, and Perth is buzzing.

US troops have permanently docked in the city in what local men refer to bitterly as the "American occupation", and Perth women are having the time of their lives.

The Americans have money, accents like movie stars, smartly tailored uniforms and good manners. What's more, they love to dance and show a girl a good time, and young women are throwing caution to the wind and pushing social boundaries with their behaviour.

Not Meg Eaton, however. The war brought her heartbreak, stealing her young love eighteen months ago. In the middle of a Perth heat wave, she meets her lost lover's brother, Tom – standing over a dead body in her neighbour's backyard.

Suddenly, Meg finds herself embroiled in the murder mystery and increasingly involved with Tom Lagrange. But is he all that he seems? And what exactly was his relationship with the dead woman?

Deborah Burrows has brought her skills as a historian to the fore with this meticulously researched and thoroughly entertaining novel of love and intrigue. (back cover)