The Murder of Miss Shelby Putnam: That Boyce Girl, 1940

“When you come home to find a dead woman in your kitchen and a man still holding the knife, you have to question his innocence, even if he is your husband.”That Boyce Girl was originally published in 1938 as a daily serial in newspapers. Sally Boyce is a woman competing with men in the workforce at a time when that just doesn’t happen. Book 2 of the series, The Race, and Book 3, The Murder of Miss Shelby Putnam, were written over seventy years later, but they continue to follow Sally in 1939 and 1940 as she and her new husband, Jeff Rainey, attempt to build a life together . . . despite Gary Neylands.Sally Boyce Rainey is an adventurous, intelligent, yet naïve young woman who comes home from her first flying lesson to discover her husband, Jeff, in jail and a dead woman in her kitchen. Even though Sally is determined to prove Jeff’s innocence, she’s not quite convinced of it herself. While gathering evidence, Sally is heartbroken to uncover the dark secret of a dear friend, although, to free her husband, no sacrifice is too great. Following each lead, as well as her intuition, Sally prepares Jeff’s defense and argues his case in court, at a time before women can even serve as jurors.