When Winter Returns

A Rosie Winter Mystery

by Kathryn Miller Haines

On Sale: 05/11/2010

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When Winter Returns

A Rosie Winter Mystery

by Kathryn Miller Haines

On Sale: 05/11/2010

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“Kathryn Miller Haines perfectly captures the feel, sights and sounds of New York in the 1940s….A lot of fun.”
—Rhys Bowen

Aspiring actress and sometime sleuth Rosie Winter is back in When Winter Returns—the fourth installment of Kathryn Miller Haines’s atmospheric and suspenseful World War II era mystery series. Fans of historical whodunits like the Maisie Dobbs books by Jacqueline Winspear—and readers who love stories of feisty female sleuths, like Alexander McCall Smith’s #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels—will thrill to Rosie’s big city adventures, as she encounters espionage on her own doorstep.

Critical Praise

“Haines vividly recreates WWII-era New York City.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) on When Winter Returns

“Haines captures the spirit of the home front.....Thoroughly entertaining for anyone who enjoys reading about the WWII era.” — Booklist on When Winter Returns

“Haines brings glamour and sass to the genre with spunky, no-nonsense Rosie Winter. Fans will be thrilled to see this timeless heroine up to her old tricks....The storyline, witty dialogue, and Haines’ meticulous research make for an entertaining read with a good balance of humor and suspense.” — Romantic Times on When Winter Returns

“[Haines’s] careful re-creation of the pop culture and lingo of the era steal the show.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on When Winter Returns