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I could definitely tell that this book was set in the early 1900's. The women wearing their gloves and not allowed to go out without an escort. Oh, the shame. The author did a great job with that, I really felt like I was back in that era. And poor Kitty when she thought she was going to be found out at a women's suffragette meeting and her father told. The girl was a working women and of age! So glad I wasn't living in those times.

I enjoyed reading this book, however, a teenage girl dies in the cold right after talking to Kitty Weeks. A smart girl full of hope and dreams. Kitty feels bad for this girl and can't believe that this happened to her and starts investigating. What she finds out is a whole different story than what she has been told. There are a lot of secrets being kept. Those secrets end up taking Kitty to the Naval Yard, to a dinner with President Wilson and to investigating a real news story instead of her usual "ladies stories"

A great mystery read that did not fail to enjoy thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this entertaining book.

OUT OF THE GATE LIKE A STUTZ BEARCAT

Radha Vatsal is a scholar and a talented storyteller, evident in her strong historical mystery debut,A Front Page Affair, just released this summer.

Capability Weeks (“Kitty” to her friends) and her father (a well-to-do, self-made mogul) live well in 1915 New York City. Kitty, a young addition to the New York Sentinel’s Ladies Page, covers a July 4th society soiree and becomes unintentionally tied to a murder and what looks like a plot to endanger the delicate international balance. 

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#AFRONTPAGEAFFAIR  AVAILABLE 5/1/16  GREAT READ!  #radhavatsal @sourcebooks   This was a pretty good book that took place in New York City during the time when Wilson was deciding what to do about the Lusitania. America was nervous and some were taking advantage of the neutrality. Then there was Kitty who was working as a "journalist" in the ladies section of a newspaper whose dream it was to be a "real" journalist.

She gets sent to a soirée in which there is a murder and her professional life changes overnight. For a while.

I think the author did a great job capturing the wants, dreams and disappointments of a young woman in the early 1900's who wanted to have a career. I found it interesting that even though she wasn't married, but as the daughter and only female, it was still her duty to get with maids and make sure that the daily and extra chores were done. I think just that little piece put a lot of Kitty's life into perspective.

I found this book to be entertaining and educational as I did learn a few things. I really liked how the author portrayed the characters and really felt as though I was reliving 1915. The sounds, the descriptions and the mannerisms just really did it for me.

I want to thank Sourcebooks and Net Galley for sharing a free e-galley with me in exchange for an honest review.