A master of historical fiction with strong, independent women as the lead characters — The Rose Code; The Alice Network — Quinn doesn’t disappoint with the story of four women who move into a boarding house in Washington, D.C., in the early 1950s — the era of McCarthyism, the ascendant FBI, homophobia, misogyny; gangsters; corrupt politicians. There’s a murder in the house, two, in fact; the house narrates. Do not read the Author’s Note. Be swept along by the characters, including an FBI agent, an elegant politician’s wife; a spy.

 

    – Ray