Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Book

Jeanne M. Dams

Daniel & Daniel, Publishers, Incorporated, Sep 9, 2011 - Fiction - 256 pages

It's a heat wave in more ways than one in the summer of 1905, as strikes, arson, and train wrecks threaten the fabric of civilized society in South Bend, Indiana. In the tumultuous first years of the twentieth century, anarchy seems to rule, with the assassination of an American president and labor unrest like the Anthracite Coal Strike bringing misery to millions. How can a Swedish immigrant like Hilda Johanssson, formerly a housemaid and now pregnant with her first child, possibly affect these conditions? Making deductions worthy of Sherlock Holmes - and using her own "Baker Street Irregulars” - Hilda reognizes a pattern to the disturbing events. No one thinks she'll actually be able to solve matters, especially since custom forbids her even leaving the house. But they reckon without Hilda's quick mind and stubborn determination to see the job through - even when the crime wave turns into murder, and touches her nearest and dearest.

What people are saying

Review: Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Mystery (Hilda Johansson #7)

User Review  - Roxane Wade-Heslop - Goodreads

I'm not a fan if this novel. The premise is a good one which is why I wanted to read it. It is about a woman who basically has the smarts to solve mysteries, much like Nancy Drew, in a time when woman ...

Review: Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Mystery (Hilda Johansson #7)

User Review  - Carol Havlik - Goodreads

Interesting having grown up in south bend

About the author

writes mysteries about the Victorian and Edwardian eras. She is the Agatha-winning and Macavity-nominated author of the popular Dorothy Martin series, as well as six previous books in the Hilda Johansson historical series. She lives in South Bend, Indiana.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Murder in Burnt Orange: A Hilda Johansson Book; Volume 7 of Hilda Johansson Mysteries
• Author: Jeanne M. Dams
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Daniel & Daniel, Publishers, Incorporated, 2011
• ISBN: 1564745031, 9781564745033
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths