Although the cover sure looks a lot like the old pulp covers, Five Decembers by James Kestrel came out in 2021, and won the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel, and was nominated/finalist for several others. I guess the cover makes sense, though, when you consider that it’s published by Hard Case Crime. It’s on sale for $1.99 in the US right now.
Here’s the blurb:
December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn’t know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor.
This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story—it’s a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss and the human cost of war. Spanning the entirety of World War II, FIVE DECEMBERS is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.
And my thanks to @salty-horse at the Mobile Read forums, whose post alerted me to the sale.