Bad Day for a Bombshell: A Tracy Truworth, Apprentice P.I., 1940s Homefront Mystery

Tracy Truworth accidentally stumbles over the dead body of a mysterious blonde bombshell, and before she knows it, she's an Apprentice P.I. learning to solve real mysteries. All this as the country officially enters WWII, and it isn't long before Tracy finds the war hitting a lot closer to home than she ever imagined.

"Wow, I believe I just read an old-fashioned radio mystery with all the drama and characters that came to life on the pages, and I was able to step back in time." K.T.

December 5th, 1941. Houston socialite, Tracy Truworth, is always on the lookout for something suspicious. Especially after growing up with her nose in the latest Katie McClue mystery novel, a series featuring a twenty-something female detective and her constant feats of derring-do. And for Tracy, escaping reality through reading couldn't come at a better time, since her own life isn't exactly going along like she'd hoped. Not with her overbearing mother determined to see Tracy marry Michael -- a lawyer likely to be a U.S. Senator someday -- in a wedding rivaling royalty. Yet everything changes for Tracy when she spots a bleach-blonde bombshell on the train home from Dallas after a shopping trip to Neiman-Marcus. Because something certainly seems amiss with the blonde, given the way she covertly tries to snare men into her lair, and considering the way she suddenly ceases all flirtations when a Humphrey Bogart look-alike appears . . . complete with a mysterious package wrapped up in newspaper and twine.

Then days later, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and just a few days after that, Germany declares war against the U.S. Rightly so, President Roosevelt returns the favor. Of course, Tracy immediately finds herself caught up in the War, just like the rest of the nation. But it's her curiosity that leads her on a collision course with a killer, and she arrives at the bombshell's apartment only moments after the blonde has been murdered. Though Tracy is accused of the crime at first, she quickly finds herself working as an Apprentice P.I., under the tutelage of a real private investigator. Soon, they're hot on the trail of the bombshell's murderer. Then from singing at the hottest nightclub around, to a car chase in her 1940 Packard, Tracy's investigation takes her far from her blue-blood upbringing. And it isn't long before she finds the War is hitting a lot closer to home than she ever imagined . . . and danger isn't much farther than her doorstep . . .

Cindy Vincent was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and has lived all around the U.S. and Canada.  She is the creator of the Mysteries by Vincent murder mystery party games and the Daisy Diamond Detective Series for girls.  She is also the award-winning author of the Buckley and Bogey Cat Detective Caper book series and the Daisy Diamond Detective books.  Though she lives with her husband and an assortment of fantastic felines, people often tell her she acts like she's from another era, and that she really belongs back in the 1940s . . .