HARMON GENERAL
Misfits and Millionaires #2
by
KIMBERLY FISH
Genre: Historical Fiction / WWII / Spies
Publisher: Fish Tales, LLC
Date of Publication: June 16, 2018
Number of Pages: 330
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In 1943, Lane Mercer and Emmie Tesco had nothing in common. Well, nothing stronger than a town neither of them chose and careers they couldn’t advertise as agents within the Office of Strategic Services. During the days of Longview, Texas’s Friendly Trek Homecoming Parade, Lane was gearing up for the grand opening of a bookshop that also disguised an espionage safe house, and Emmie was chasing a criminal with evil intent through the US Army’s new medical facility, Harmon General Hospital, treating diseased and amputated soldiers. Emmie ropes Lane into international threats at Harmon General, making it increasingly hard for the two spies to navigate the Junior Service League, church life, or anything else that might be considered normal for a town sizzling with oil boom wealth. A friend from Lane’s past arrives and pushes against the fiction she’s created to distance her spy history from the wedding bells ringing her future. Emmie flirts with the idea of finding a life outside of the OSS but justifies the danger as a way to make amends for those she’s betrayed. Connecting the two women, to their surprise, is a rogue agent who targets them for crimes he believes they created. For better, or worse, they have to put aside their differences to share responsibility for stopping “The Grasshopper” before he blows apart the Big Inch Pipeline project and Harmon General Hospital. The hope of malaria treatments for US soldiers depends on it, and justice of the heart demands it.
PRAISE FOR HARMON GENERAL:
“The war that changed the world brought the world to East Texas through Harmon General, a significant US Army hospital that treated thousands of wounded soldiers in Longview. In Harmon General, we meet again Lane Mercer, a World War II heroine, and we enjoy again how the drama of her secret service to the nation and her complicated personal relationships pull us into the vast impact of the world war.” — Dale Lunsford, Ph.D., President, LeTourneau University
“Harmon General is a brilliant story for historical fiction readers! Set in World War II, the female spies, Army hospital setting, and drama amongst the Longview townsfolk kept me riveted and engaged until the very end.” – Jody T. Morse
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“You either have the spirit to persevere or you don’t.
Do not believe it has anything to do with the fact that you wear a skirt.”
Harmon General is book 2 in the Misfits and Millionaires series. I have not yet read the first book, The Big Inch, but I plan on remedying that as quickly as I can. Book 1 apparently flows into Book 2, but that didn’t stop me from being thoroughly enraptured by Harmon General. Despite the many references to previous events, once I settled into the characters, I quickly became engrossed in the story.
Longview, Texas, is a long way from Europe and the front lines of World War II, but that doesn’t mean this town doesn’t pack a mean punch, filled with intrigue and spies around every corner.
The two main women, Lane Mercer and Emmie Tesco, spies extraordinaire, couldn’t be more different; however, their similarities should not be overlooked. They both bear similar internal scars from a less than idyllic childhood and from making poor choices along the way, but it’s how they interact with other people that marks their differences. Emmie is abrasive and closed off to mask her vulnerability and insecurity, whereas Lane’s natural kindness attracts people where ever she goes. But don’t be fooled. Both women are hard-core spies who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, break some bones, and wear pantyhose for their country. They are strong female characters with secrets to keep, axes to grind, and lives to save, including their own.
While I enjoyed all the main characters, I actually loved several secondary characters even more: J. Lassiter, with his words of wisdom; Patrick, with his unlikely loyalty and his humorous insistence that he won’t take orders from a woman, but then he does; Molly Kennedy, with her stubborn refusal to admit weakness; and Jewel Carter, with her fierce determination and misguided need to fight for her man. It’s quite obvious that Kimberly Fish has a knack for developing both major and minor characters that make their mark and leave a lasting impression.
The overall plot of Harmon General is a thrill ride all the way through. Surprises, twists, and constant artifice will keep you riveted, wondering how, or even if, Lane and her band of misfits can even hope to lure a rogue spy into their trap. How exciting!
What’s more exciting is that Lane’s front for a safe house in Longview, Texas, is a bookstore, with the mandatory resident cat, Stevenson. Whatever it takes to contribute to the war effort, I say: rationing food, spying for your country, owning a business, surrounding yourself with books. And I’m still reeling from that epilogue. Well done!
“War makes us do things we never knew we could.”
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A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR:
Kimberly Fish started writing professionally with the birth of her second child and the purchase of a home computer. Having found this dubious outlet, she then entered and won The Writer’s League of Texas manuscript contest which fed her on-going fascination with story crafting.
She has since published in magazines, newspapers, and online formats and in January 2017, released the first novel in the Misfits and Millionaires series set during the World War II years in Longview, Texas—The Big Inch. Her second book, Comfort Plans, was published later that same year.
She lives with her family in East Texas.
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What a wonderful review! It’s good to know that it still is a fabulous book even without having read book one. (but READ book one — it’s excellent!)