Front Page Affair, A

from pomo58

A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal is a wonderful historical mystery novel, our introduction to Capability "Kitty" Weeks. It is also the debut novel from Vatsal and I will be eager to read her next book. A historical novel which is also a mystery often leans very far in one direction or the othe...

from kasey007

The Lusitania has recently been sunk. World War I is on going and the United States is trying to stay neutral. That is the setting for a new historical mystery set in 1915 New York City. The main character of A Front Page Affair is a privileged young woman journalist who has started working at th...

from bookchickdi

Radha Vatsal's debut novel, A Front Page Affair, takes us to 1915 New York City, as Capability (what a great name!) "Kitty" Weeks is working as a reporter on the fashion and society pages for the New York Sentinel newspaper. Kitty really wants to cover the hard news stories, something that women ...

from kbranfield

A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal is a clever historical mystery starring an intrepid young reporter turned amateur sleuth. Set in 1915, this first installment in the Kitty Weeks Mystery series is an entertaining and educational debut that is quite riveting. On her first independent assignment...

from ParadisePorch

3.5 stars I read this because I received the second in the series from NetGalley and wanted to start at the beginning and be properly introduced to Kitty Weeks. Kitty is a perfectly likeable young woman living with her rich father in 1915 NYC. She seeks out a job as a journalist. Aside from her m...