Book Review: Murder in the Ranks by Kristi Jones (2024)
Synopsis: After her Nazi-sympathizer husband hospitalized her and took their 3-year-old daughter back to Germany shortly before the United States entered World War II, Dottie Lincoln volunteered for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) so she could do her part to end the war quickly and give her a chance to be reunited with her daughter. Two years later, she is stationed in Algiers as a WAAC squad leader, dealing both with the constant threat of air raids and Army officers who don't think women belong. When one of her squad members falls from a roof and dies, the Army is quick to rule it a suicide, but Dottie and her persistence allows her to participate in the investigation. There's just one problem, her connection to a Nazi sympathizer could get her charged as a traitor before she finds the killer. Review: Our local library is going to be closed for the next few weeks as it relocates to a temporary location so renovations can be completed. As a result of this, I stoc...