Series: None
Author: Ellie Marney
Published September 20th 2022 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Goodreads Synopsis
A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for fans of The Enigma Game and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Virginia, 1943: World War II is raging in Europe and on the Pacific front when Kit Sutherland is recruited to help the war effort as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, a former girls’ college now serving as the site of a secret US Signals Intelligence facility in Virginia. But Kit is soon involved in another kind of fight: Government girls are being brutally murdered in Washington DC, and when Kit stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she is drawn into the hunt for the killer.
To find the man responsible for the gruesome murders and bring him to justice, Kit joins forces with other female codebreakers at Arlington Hall—gossip queen Dottie Crockford, sharp-tongued intelligence maven Moya Kershaw, and cleverly resourceful Violet DuLac from the segregated codebreaking unit. But as the girls begin to work together and develop friendships—and romance—that they never expected, two things begin to come clear: the murderer they’re hunting is closing in on them…and Kit is hiding a dangerous secret.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
Kit Sutherland has landed herself the career of a lifetime. Working as a code breaker at Arlington Hall for the American war effort, she is part of a vital team who are more like her family than colleagues. So when government girls are starting to turn up brutally attacked and murder, Kit needs to join the hunt for the killer, before she, or one of her friends, becomes the next target.
When I first heard about this book, I knew it was a book for me. I don't know much about code breaking in America during World War Two, but knowing about what the British did at Bletchley, I was definitely intrigued. And, I love Ellie's Every series, so having a new book by her was a no brainer. From the get go, there is intrigue and mystery afoot. Kit has a secret that she needs to keep hidden, otherwise her life is on the line, and when the murders start, and the gang get together to start investigating, the tension definitely ramped up. There's a hint of romance between Kit and Moya, but the main theme of the book is definitely the murders. I liked how just when you think there's a break, something else throws a spanner in the works, and the reader starts to second guess themselves. I did pick the murderer out quite earlier, but all in all, a really enjoyable read!
Dates Read:
September 18-20, 2022
Rating
4 Stars
Ellie Marney is a New York Times bestselling and multi-award-winning crime author who has gone behind the scenes at the Westminster Mortuary in London and interviewed forensic and technical specialists around the world in pursuit of just the right details for her brand of pulse-pounding thrillers.
Her titles include The Killing Code, None Shall Sleep, the Every trilogy, No Limits, White Night and the Circus Hearts series. She has lived in Indonesia, India and Singapore, and is now based in Australia with her partner and their four sons.
Ellie has been involved in the creation of the national campaign called #LoveOzYA to promote and advocate for Australian YA literature. She contributed to the critically-acclaimed Begin End Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology, and co-runs the popular #LoveOzYAbookclub online. She also co-coordinates an online info-sharing group for Australian women self-publishers. She teaches writing and publishing through Writers Victoria, advocates for Australian women’s writing as a Stella Ambassador in schools, and is a regular speaker at festivals and events.
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