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The Woman
in the Wing
Jean
Sheldon's first standalone mystery will be available
as print and Adobe eBook in September of 2008.
The Woman in the
Wing
 In
1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor ended debate as to
whether the United States should become involved in
World War II. The hasty entrance into war brought
with it a few expected changes. Two hundred thousand
women enlisted in the military and twelve million,
many who had never worked outside of their homes,
took jobs in factories, offices, and as civilian
workers on military bases.
Aircraft and ship production quickly increased
because of this new supply of labor. Eighty-five
hundred planes a month rolled out of factories,
twice the number previously manufactured in an
entire year. More than half of the aircraft arrived
at bases, ports, and other locations around the
country ferried by civilian women pilots of the
Women Airforce Service Pilots, known as the WASP.
Charlotte Mercer was one of those women.
Charlotte's career as a pilot nearly ends before it
begins when an army major removes her from her
training because she refuses his proposition to do
something other than fly. She's sent to work at the
defense plant with a female FBI agent where she's
told that her job is to round up a ring of German
spies.
Charlotte goes from WASP trainee to Rosie the
Riveter on a hunt for a German agent who's an expert
in demolition. Char and her riveting partner, FBI
agent Ellie Frazier, learn that catching spies is
almost as hard as riveting.
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