Margery A Neely: 4 books

An investigative agency has been set up by a widow, Holly Osborne Jones. She has invited her daughter and son-in-law to be partners and also to move into her apartment house. The trio is hired by an attorney to trace any claimants for exotic jewelry whose owner had been killed in an odd accident. The sleuths track across Missouri, documenting obscure origins of possible heirs.

After signing a contract to teach history to children of the American Occupation Forces in Nagoya, Japan, Miss Meg Lowe traveled out of Missouri for the first time. After arriving by ship in July, 1949, Meg spent time both in adventurous sight-seeing in the exotic land and in socializing with fellow...

The pending presidential election, communist sympathizers, Korean conflict, and Thanksgiving have the attention of the national media. The residents of a small western Missouri town are focused on renovation of the local air base, high school activities, and holiday observances. Then, on base, two...

The families living in the Missouri Ozarks in 1946 had a lot to be proud about: Their local boy, Harry S. Truman, had recently been elected president, and there were opportunities to be seized. Having grown up during the Roaring Twenties, the parents of this time had already survived much, including...