Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unmentionables | 2013 | Laurie Loewenstein | Buy |
Before turning to her Dust Bowl Mystery series, Laurie Loewenstein published Unmentionables (2013), a standalone historical novel that established her interest in the overlooked corners of American life. The book is set in a small town where social norms and propriety govern what people can say and do, particularly women. It’s a quiet, character-driven story about the cost of silence and conformity.
Unmentionables shares Loewenstein’s broader concern with how ordinary Americans lived through periods of constraint and upheaval. Readers who enjoy her Dust Bowl mysteries will find the same attention to historical detail and the same sympathy for characters trying to live honestly in a world that often punishes them for it.