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02874aam a2200433 i 4500 001 DD73959651FA11EE8558B5752EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230913010035 008 230809s2023 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1496738500 020 $a 9781496738509 035 $a (OCoLC)1393184208 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $e rda $c FBP $d OCLCQ $d BKL $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 14 $a PS3565.B714 $b E54 2023 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23/eng/20230808 100 1 $a O'Brien, Kevin, $d 1955- $e author. 245 14 $a The enemy at home / $c Kevin O'Brien. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Kensington Publishing Corp., $c [2023] 300 $a viii, 439 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "1943, Seattle. While raging war reshapes the landscape of Europe, its impact is felt thousands of miles away too. Before the war, Nora Kinney was one of countless housewives and mothers in her comfortable Capitol Hill neighborhood. Now, with her doctor husband stationed in North Africa, Nora feels compelled to do more than tend her victory garden or help with scrap metal drives ... At the Boeing B-17 plant, Nora learns to wield a heavy riveting gun amid the deafening noise of the assembly line-a real-life counterpart to "Rosie the Riveter" in the recruitment posters. Yet while the country desperately needs their help, not everyone is happy about "all these women" taking over men's jobs. Nora worries that she is neglecting her children, especially her withdrawn teenage son. But amid this turmoil, a sinister tragedy occurs: One of Nora's coworkers is found strangled in her apartment, dressed in an apron, with a lipstick smile smeared on her face. It's the beginning of a terrifying pattern, as women war-plant workers like Nora are targeted throughout Seattle and murdered in the same ritualistic manner. And eclipsing Nora's fear for her safety is her secret, growing conviction that she and the killer are connected-and that the haven that was her home has become her own personal battlefield . . ."-- $c Provided by publisher 500 $a Includes a reading group guide. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Seattle $z Seattle $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Women $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x War work $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Seattle (Wash.) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Historical fiction. 650 0 $a Thrillers (Fiction) 941 $a 6 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20240217013221.0 952 $l XEPE697 $d 20240130010453.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240102010549.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20231117010748.0 952 $l ZOPC437 $d 20230922135350.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230913010305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD73959651FA11EE8558B5752EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search