new York, 1943: Aspiring Actress Rosie Winter Has Been Marooned In New York Throughout The War. Now, Faced With The News That Her Ex-boyfriend Jack Might Not Be Coming Home Again, She's Desperate To Leave The Home Front And Head For The War Front. So When Rosie And Her Best Pal Jayne Get An Offer To Go To The South Pacific To Perform With Uso Camp Shows, They Jump At The Chance. but Being A Greasepaint Soldier Isn't As Easy As They Had Hoped. Not Only Are The Cast Members Surly, The Schedules Inhumane, And The Housing Conditions Primitive But They Also Have To Travel With A Major And Majorly Difficult Hollywood Star. But None Of That Is As Bad As Living In A War Zone, And When Tragedy Strikes, Rosie And Jayne Are Left Wondering If They Are Being Targeted By The Enemy Or If Something Far More Sinister Is Afoot.publishers Weeklyactress Rosie Winter, The Narrator Of Haines's Lively Third Wwii-era Mystery (after 2008's the Winter Of Her Discontent), Sets Sail From San Francisco For The Solomon Islands In The Spring Of 1943, Though A Woman's Body Found Floating In The Water Nearby Delays The Ship's Departure. Rosie, Whose Ex-boyfriend Is Missing Somewhere In The Pacific Theater, Is Part Of A Uso Troupe That Includes Adventurous Friend Jayne Hamilton, Who's Walking Away From Her Mobster Boyfriend, And Gilda Devane, A Former Mgm Player. Once On The Island Of Tulagi, Rosie And Her Pals Mostly Have Fun Performing Their Song-and-dance Routines And Consorting With Friendly Servicemen, Until A Deadly Sniper Attack Prompts The Military Authorities To Move The Entertainers To Waac Barracks For Their Protection. Full Of Evocative Period Detail (a Sailor Is Called Spanky After The Kid In The our Gang Comedies), This Entry, For All Its Humorous And Lighthearted Moments, Builds To A Dramatic And Sobering Conclusion. (june)copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.