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Description edit
Back from their USO stint in the South Pacific in the fall of 1943, Rosie Winter and her best friend, Jayne, head upstate to visit the home of Jayne's recently deceased fiancÉ. But what they find leaves Rosie wondering if the man ever existed to begin with. As Rosie searches for the truth... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jayne Hamilton: platinum blonde actress, Rosie's best friend and roommate, lost her fiancee in plane crash, everyone naturally loves her
- Billy Demille: Jayne's late fiancee, soldier
- Jack Castlegate: Rosie's ex-boyfriend, soldier, wounded, from a wealthy family
- Tony B.: Jayne's ex-boyfriend, mobster
- Rosie Winter: main character, previously worked for a PI and bit of an amateur detective herself, actress,
- Maureen O'Reilly: choreographer for the theater, tries to hide German descent
- Vinnie Garvaggio: mobster
- Johnny Levane: Billy's cousin
- Lawrence Bentley: producer, writer and director of bad plays, Ruby's on-again-off-again boyfriend
- Mr. Smith: landlord for Billy
- Zelda: actress at Shaw house with Rosie, thinks a lot of Rosie
- Mamie Castlegate: Jack's mother, does not like Rosie
- Ruby: Rosie's arch nemesis (and roommate in this novel), actress who gets great parts, lives at Shaw house
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- Churchill: Ruby's Cat
- Schmidt: police Officer
- Sal: owns a place in New Jersey
- Betty Garvaggio: Vinnie's wife
- Adam
- Mrs. Gottlieb
- Henry Bankshead: soldier in the play by Lawrence
- Frieda: Maureen's Jewish neighbour
Setting & Locations edit
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This is book 4 of 4 in Rosie Winter. (standard series)
Preceded by Winter in June.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathryn Miller Haines (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Avon
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780061579578
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Avon
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780061579578
Page Count: 352
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- Dewey: 813.6
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