Classic murder stories - The Perfect Crime by P.C. Wren - Thirteen Lead Soldiers by Sapper - First Hate by Algernon Blackwood - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
The famed BBC correspondent furnishes an incisive, firsthand portrait of America on the homefront during the early days of World War II, describing the dramatic changes that were occurring throughout the nation during the period as it was transformed from a civilian society to a wartime one, as seen through the eyes of ordinary citizens.