Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning

Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning involves a seaside radio station hides secrets someone is willing to kill to protect.
 
When “daylight saving time” became “Wartime,” radio was the lifeline of a nation at war. At coastal station WHAR in Regina Beach, New Jersey, announcers and technicians work to entertain and inspire Americans during their darkest hour. But beneath the broadcasts, something is wrong.
 
💖 Why You’ll Love It
WWII home-front suspense
Golden-age radio setting with rich historical detail
Cold-case mystery woven into wartime tension
Dark secrets and rising danger
 
🌟 Perfect For
Fans of historical mysteries
Readers who enjoy layered small-town secrets
WWII fiction lovers
Those who like slow-building suspense with high stakes
 
Back to the summer of 1942—when radio was at its prime and the nation listened closely for reassurance and resolve. At WHAR on the New Jersey coast, programming is crafted to boost morale and steady anxious hearts. But strange things are happening in Regina Beach.
 
Years earlier, an English actor walked out of the station and vanished without a trace. Now Holly Carnahan has come searching for her missing father, whose last desperate word came from this same seaside town. Joined by Jack Dulaney, Holly begins to uncover unsettling connections between past disappearances and present dangers.
 
As they push deeper into the shadows surrounding the station, they discover that someone is determined to keep the truth buried—and will do anything, including murder, to protect devastating secrets. John Dunning combines meticulous radio-era detail with mounting suspense, delivering a wartime mystery rich in atmosphere and intrigue.