19TH CHRISTMAS SIZE:Standard Molly Fischer

Molly Fischer

and teenage adventurers embarked from states like Pennsylvania and Virginia on flatboats headed beyond the Appalachians to Kentucky

passionate American-Mildred Fish Harnack-and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine battle against Hitler in Nazi Berlin

he also makes clear what happens when you try to speak truth to power

be a hit at parties

19TH CHRISTMAS SIZE:Standard Molly FischerAs the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco. Then a fearsome criminal known only as ''Loman'' seizes control of the headlines.