Janet Litherland

Vanished—Old letters, discovered 50 years after World War II, prove that a young soldier who was reported Missing In Action was not MIA at all. What happened to him?

For those of us who were children during the Depression and World War II, Vanished brings back many memories. Janet Litherland takes us there with a skill that makes it seem easy. She never uses a long word when a short one will do, nor a paragraph when a simple sentence is enough. She knows Georgia and how her people think and speak, and the dialogue of her characters rings as true as the old courthouse clock. … Vanished skillfully blends this gentleness with the harsh reality of the OSS, the assassination of Italy’s brutal dictator Mussolini, and a mysterious disappearance, into an old-fashioned page-turner.

—Tex Atkinson
Commander, US Navy (ret.), Author
From the Cockpit: Coming of Age in the Korean War

Intriguing but credible characters and attention to period detail, these are what make a good historical novel. Janet Litherland knows how to craft both. Settle into your favorite chair and drift off to rural Georgia. But be ready for a few surprises.

—Ken Libbey, Author
Vantage Points and Midnight in Prague

Chain of Deception—A journey across Ireland leads a Florida woman to her own family, a family she never knew existed.

Litherland’s authentic characters and careful research succeed brilliantly in taking me into a delightful vicarious adventure to the Emerald Isle past and present. This insightful journey into the Irish psyche is wise and wondrous and witty.

—Arthur L. Zapel
Executive Editor/Publisher
Meriwether Publishing, Ltd.

In her current novel, Janet Litherland continues her masterful ability to fully engage the reader in the passion and perplexities of her characters. Dialogue and descriptions, characters and communities capture our emotions and trigger our senses. The reader quickly becomes immersed in this compassionate and compelling story.

—Tim Morrison, D.Min., ND
Author
Healing Plants of the Bible: Then and Now
Letters to My Sons

Discovery In Time—A woman’s life in the 1890s inspires a contemporary woman’s search for her identity.

Just as readers flocked to Iowa’s Madison County in search of R.J. Waller’s covered bridges, visitors to Georgia’s Thomas County will go hunting for the nesting and resting places of one of this novel’s central characters. Written by the region’s most sensitive romantic, this tale of ancestral ghosts and a sleepy Southern town will capture the hearts and souls of women who still remember the intensity of their first loves. Who can let such bygones stay forever buried in time? Litherland’s novel will bring them to life in all their former glory.

—Jayleen Woods
Editor Emeritus
Florida Hotel & Motel Journal

I’ve read many stories that fascinate and charm, but rarely do I find one that lives and breathes with such believable suspense. To merely hold my reader’s curiosity is never enough, but to grip my heart with honest enchantment is a true joy.

—Arthur L. Zapel
Executive Editor/Publisher
Meriwether Publishing Ltd.