Sarah Shaber has achieved the mystery fan’s dream. In 1996, she entered and won St. Martin’s Press Malice Domestic contest for Best First Traditional Mystery. Thus was born her Professor Simon Shaw series, set in Raleigh. Starting with SIMON SAID , she’s published five Shaw mysteries. She is also editor of TAR HEEL DEAD , a collection of mysteries by N.C. writers.
Her new series begins with LOUISE'S WAR , and is set in Washington, D.C. during WWII.
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ISBN-13: 9780727880406
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Published: Severn House Publishers, 8/2011
The first in a new series from the author of the 'Simon Shaw' books -
1942. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington DC to work
as a clerk for the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA. When, while
filing, she discovers a document concerning the husband of a college
friend, Rachel Bloch, - a young French Jewish woman she is desperately
worried about - Louise realizes she may be able to help get Rachel out
of Vichy France. But then a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is
murdered, and she realizes she is on her own, unable to trust anyone . .
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ISBN-13: 9780807856048
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Published: University of North Carolina Press, 4/2005
From O. Henry to Lilian Jackson Braun, North Carolina has nurtured some of the world's best-known mystery writers. This unique collection of mystery short stories showcases some of North Carolina's best writing talent from the past and the present--some famous, some less well known. Some of the mysteries are by authors who have earned solid reputations in other genres, such as Orson Scott Card and William Brittain, but as their stories here demonstrate, their talent embraces the mysterious.
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ISBN-13: 9780312965556
Availability: Out of Print
Published: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 5/1998
Eyebrows are raised as yellow crime-scene tape drapes across the once-distinguished Colonial Bloodworth House. For the mansion, nestled cozily amidst the tranquil academia of Kenan College, may have once been the scene of a brutal murder.
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ISBN-13: 9780312974701
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Published: Minotaur Books, 2/2001
Professor Simon Shaw wants nothing more than to spend a peaceful Thanksgiving with friends, staying in Pearlie Beach, a small town on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But even has the turkey roasts, he finds himself embroiled in a fifty-year-old mystery of strange disappearances, suspicious deaths, and treasures lost and found. The holiday disruption begins with the body of a local man is dredged from the waters of Pearlie Beach. In his hand, several rare Confederate coins; in his decaying ribs, the sharp blade of a knife.
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ISBN-13: 9780373264858
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Published: Worldwide Library, 3/2004
History professor Simon Shaw heads to the North Carolina mountains to find evidence exonerating Roy Freedman from a crime he confessed to over 40 years ago. But a genuine lack of evidence against Roy prompts Simon to wonder why a man would confess to a murder he didn't commit.
Sarah Shaber has achieved the mystery fan’s dream. In 1996, she entered and won St. Martin’s Press Malice Domestic contest for Best First Traditional Mystery. Thus was born her Professor Simon Shaw series, set in Raleigh. Starting with SIMON SAID, she’s published five Shaw mysteries. She is also editor of TAR HEEL DEAD, a collection of mysteries by N.C. writers.
