Book Review: "The War Widow" By Tara Moss

Imagine being hired to find cheating husbands only to uncover missing sons and possible war criminals!

“And as for returning to work as a reporter—something she’d given considerable thought to before taking over her father’s inquiry agency—the Sydney newspapers had dismissed most of their women reporters home once the men started to return from the war, or else confined them to the social pages, or covering the Easter Show, which was a bit too steep a downgrade for Billie after she’d chased Nazi activity across Europe, built a good portfolio of published articles, and worked alongside the likes of Lee Miller and Clare Hollingworth.
No, she wouldn’t last in that kind of work. It was an imperfect world, and her chosen profession was decidedly imperfect, but for now she had a hint of that spark again, that sense of doing something that mattered to someone.”
― Tara Moss, The War Widow

“I’ll find out whatever I can about this Frank. Would the girls go to the police if they were in danger, do you think?”

What is not to like about Billie? She's tenacious, she's determined, she's heroic, she's GOLDEN! In fact, if I was to go to war I'd want her on my side fighting against the evil and wrecking havoc to save lives.

Saving lives after all is what's all about and bringing justice to those who lost their voices is reassuring and secures my faith in goodness. However, when you call a woman who just lost her father and now her husband a "whore" well, you just opened up an entire can of "Whoop-Ass."

So, after an extensive search for a young man turns up some dirt, some books, and some truths she continues on to the highest hills to uncover the final nail in the coffin.
Golden teeth--wait? Nazi's?! The truth was sadly they had to give up so much more than just their hearts and souls but also their valuable possessions.

I'm absolutely astonished to have uncovered this gem via Bibliotheca (Cloud Library) as I had no idea how riveting and jarring this would be until I was nearly half way through and realized this was a diamond in the rough.

The writing was superb, the characters drew you in, the setting was dangerous yet exciting, and there's nothing non one thing that I could say was lacking in this novel.

I can't wait to see what else this lovely author has in store for us all!