Ellen Byerrum

"It's not like it's murder," Mimi told her boss. "Don't kid yourself, sister. People commit all kinds of crimes for all kinds of reasons. There's murder afoot whenever money is involved." In wartime Washington, D.C., stolen sugar, illegal moonshine, ladies of the evening, and shortages of goods converge in murder. It's June 1943, halfway through a World War that feels like it will never end. Rationing, victory gardens, and making do or doing without...