Coming June 7, 2022...
It’s 1947. The world continues to grapple with the fallout of the Second World War, and former war reporter Billie Walker is finding her feet as an investigator. When a wealthy client hires Billie and her assistant, Sam, to track down her missing husband, the trail leads back to London and Paris, where Billie’s own painful memories also lurk. Jack Rake, Billie’s wartime lover and, briefly, husband, is just one of the millions of people who went missing in Europe during the war. As clues about both men land in strange dead ends, danger seems to be lurking one step behind her. Is it this latest case, or is something even more terrible than a few painful memories following Billie around the City of Light . . .
“Just what I needed today—a blast of the escapist past.”
- IAN RANKIN, on The War Widow
"The War Widow and The Ghosts of Paris are packed with fascinating characters, issues and events, vivid historical settings, and spearheaded by a brilliant protagonist."
- MYSTERY SCENE MAGAZINE
Cecilia Ekback, award-winning author of The Historians and Wolf Winter
Ingenious, spirited, feminist… Billie Walker is the most enjoyable heroine I’ve come across in a long time.
First Clue
The author has done her research, and it shows—in the best possible way. [We] would follow Billie Walker anywhere.
Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times-bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series and Mother Daughter Traitor Spy
Billie Walker—a feisty and flamboyant combination of Martha Gellhorn and Sherlock Holmes in “Fighting Red” lipstick—and her adventures continue, leading her back to London and Paris in this crackling post-war noir adventure— where ghosts from Billie’s past are as vivid as the bad guys she’s chasing.
Publishers Weekly
Set in 1947, Moss’s intriguing sequel to 2020’s The War Widow finds business booming for Billie Walker, Sydney, Australia’s “most famous—or was it infamous?—female inquiry agent.” Moss does a good job portraying how Australian Aboriginals and women were treated at the time… Historical romance fans will find a lot to like.
Red Carpet Crash
The sequel to The War Widow (the first Billie Walker novel), is a great follow-up, with more character development, great settings in London and Paris, danger everywhere and a shocking revelation for Billie….Fans of the first novel will love this one. Here’s to many more years of adventures with Billie and Sam.
Mystery Scene Magazine
The War Widow and The Ghosts of Paris are packed with fascinating characters, issues and events, vivid historical settings, and spearheaded by a brilliant protagonist.