Books tagged: historical 1930s

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Jigsaw Island    by Stephen Stanley
Price: $2.99 USD. 51250 words. Published on May 22, 2011. .

At the height of the Great Depression in 1932, two strangers arrive on Maine’s Jigsaw Island. For each, Jigsaw Island will be a place of new beginnings and discoveries.In the midst of the worst economic disaster of the twentieth century, the newcomers will have to establish new ties in a beautiful, but alien landscape.
Harlow (Harlow Trilogy, Book 1)    by Imaj 
Price: $0.99 USD. 52920 words. Published on June 18, 2011. .

Forbidden love and fatal secrets collide in HARLOW. In 1937 England, a mulatto girl is confined to her father's castle in a labyrinth of secrets, surfaced by the hidden agendas of a global elite.
Effie Perine    by Buzzy Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 52470 words. Published on October 31, 2011. .

Effie comes to San Francisco on the hunt for work and her long-lost father, so when she’s offered a job at a detective agency she figures it’s a two-birds-one-stone situation. But when her strange new boss invites her into a world of hardboiled mystery, the line between real life and film noir fantasy becomes as foggy as a San Francisco summer — and Effie’s future happiness is at stake.
Bordello Politique    by Hank Chapot
Price: $2.99 USD. 94870 words. Published on November 19, 2011. .

Dolly Fine called it: “There’s only one mob in San Francisco—the police.” Bordello Politique is a historic crime novel based on the true story of San Francisco’s most notorious madam, a clever and resourceful woman trapped in the police graft scandal of 1937.
The Black Iris - The Death of Reiley Freeze    by Laura Joyce Moriarty
Price: $2.99 USD. 14080 words. Published on November 27, 2011. .

Reiley Freeze was an extremely heroic, kind, and popular character with readers in the trilogy, The Secrets of Nine Irish Sons. His instant charisma was evident with everyone he knew. He was fascinating, and yet, he never met very many people---he was always on the move.
Different Tracks    by Fiona Veitch Smith
Price: Free! 7190 words. Published by Crafty Publishing on March 2, 2012. .

Sometimes it's only when we change tracks that we see the route we should have taken.
The Woman Who Loved Horses    by Don Walters
Price: $2.99 USD. 67100 words. Published on April 18, 2012. .

Set in Kentucky during the Great Depression and early years of World War II, "The Woman Who Loved Horses" is an historical fiction depicting a young woman determined to succeed in the man's world of thoroughbred racing and a thoroughbred who helps her discover more heartfelt values.
Joy In Mudville    by Gordon McAlpine
Price: $4.99 USD. 63510 words. Agented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency  on May 16, 2012. .

It's 1932 and a new star has risen from the east, arching toward Los Angeles. A man, woman and child set off by rail from Chicago to follow the star. Along the way they'll meet figures from the American imagination who make us the people we are today: Woody Guthrie, Clark Kent, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, and more. And when the three find their fates, the stars that guide us all will be forever changed.