WWAR August 2023Show NotesIn our first episode together since vacation, we have 4 books that involve heat.Misty reviewed When She Gets Hot by Miriam Allenson. Tootsie Goldberg was never one to rockthe boat. Witnessing tragedy after a seemingly harmless protest taught the Jersey native tokeep her mouth shut, even when she's fuming. But when her elderly coworkers lose their radiostation jobs due to a shady business deal, this feisty fifty-year-old decides it's never too late touse her smart mouth for something other than talking in circles.Standing up for her friends lights a fire in her to confront injustice, starting with the questionablenew owners of the station. But being a sassy sleuth sometimes means tweaking the rules. Andas her fight for the little guy garners the delicious attention of a stoic and sexy cop, can Tootsietoe the line between what's right and what's legal?When She Gets Hot is the scorchingly witty first book in the Tootsie Goldberg amateur sleuthseBuy now to solve the mystery of what happens When She Gets Hot! fries. If you like strongJewish female leads, a dash of danger, and spicy heroines over fifty, then you'll love MiriamAllenson's later-in-life take on growing older and bolder.Tracey reviewed Hot Time by W. H. Flint. New York, August 1896. A “hot wave” has settled onthe city with no end in sight, leaving tempers short and the streets littered with dead horsesfelled by the heat. In this presidential election year, the gulf between rich and poor has politicalpassions flaring, while anti-immigrant sentiment has turned virulent. At Police Headquarters, thegruff, politically ambitious commissioner Theodore Roosevelt has been struggling to reform hisnotoriously corrupt department. Meanwhile, the yellow press is ready to pounce on thepeccadilloes of the Four Hundred, the city’s social elite—the better to sell papers with luridstories and gossip or perhaps profit from a little blackmail on the side. When the body of TownTopics publisher William d’Alton Mann is found at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, any number ofhis ink-spattered victims may have a motive.Hot Time is an immensely entertaining, deeply researched, and richly textured historical novelset in a period that reflects our own, with cameos by figures ranging from financier J. P. Morganto muckraking journalist Jacob Riis. Our guides through New York's torrid, bustling streets areOtto “Rafe” Raphael from the Lower East Side, one of the first Jewish officers in the heavily Irishforce, who finds as many enemies within the department as outside it; Minnie Kelly, thedepartment's first female stenographer; Theodore Roosevelt himself; and the plucky orphanDutch, one of the city's thousands of newsboys, who may have seen too much. lder and bolder.Ann reviewed Sun Damage by Sabine Durrant. The heat is intense. The secrets are stifling.And there is no escape.In a tiny village in Provence, nine guests arrive at a luxury holiday home.The visitors know each other well, or at least they think they do.The only stranger among them is Lulu, the young woman catering their stay. But Lulu is notexactly the woman on the video the guests thought they’d hired. Turns out Lulu has plenty tohide—and nowhere to run as the heat rises.In this seemingly idyllic getaway, under the scorching sun, loyalties will be tested, secretsexposed, and tensions pushed to the brink . . .Dripping in intrigue, Sun Damage is a glamorous, witty, and totally riveting story chock full ofsecrets, lies and . . . more lies.Finally, Ann reviewed a second book called Death In the Sunshine by Stef Broadribb.After a long career as a police officer, Moira hopes a move to a luxury retirement community willmean she can finally leave the detective work to the youngsters and focus on a quieter life. Butit turns out The Homestead is far from paradise. When she discovers the body of a youngwoman floating in one of the pools, surrounded by thousands of dollar bills, her crime-fightinginstinct kicks back in and she joins up with fellow ex-cops—and new neighbours—Philip, Lizzieand Rick to investigate the murder.With the case officers dropping ball after ball, Moira and the gang take matters into their ownhands, turning into undercover homicide investigators. But the killer is desperate to destroy allthe evidence and Moira, Philip, Lizzie and Rick soon find themselves getting in the way—of themurderer and the police.Just when they think they can finally relax, they discover that someone has infiltrated their ‘safe’community. Can they hunt down the murderer and get back to retiring in peace? And after all theexcitement, will they want to?TRIVIA:Last week's question was:Which beloved author of children's literature also wrote songs that made the Top 100 Hits List?a. Raold Dahlb. Judy Blumec. Shel Silversteind. Dr, SeussThe answer is c. Shel Silverstein.This week's question is:Which author did not attend school full time until the age of 12?a. Margaret Atwoodb. Robin Cookc. Mary Robert Reinhartd. Charles ToddTune in next week for the answer.