The Killing Code
-
-
4.6 • 5 Ratings
-
-
- $11.99
-
- $11.99
Publisher Description
A young codebreaker at Arlington Hall - the secret WWII Signals Intelligence unit in Washington DC - joins forces with other female codebreakers to hunt a murderer who is killing US government girls. Another page-turning YA thriller from the author of None Shall Sleep, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
'Miss Sutherland ... what would you say if I told you I might be able to offer you a job helping the war effort?'
1943. World War II is raging across Europe and on the Pacific front. Kit Sutherland is hiding a huge secret when she is unexpectedly recruited to work as a young codebreaker at Arlington Hall, a US Signals Intelligence facility.
When Kit's roommate doesn't return home from a dance, it sparks a search that ends in a gruesome discovery. And soon it turns into a horrifying pattern: Government girls are being murdered in Washington, DC.
Kit joins forces with three other girl codebreakers, Dottie, Moya and Violet, and as they work to crack the killer's code, two things become terrifyingly clear: the murderer they're hunting is getting closer every moment ... and Kit's own secret could put her in more jeopardy than she ever imagined.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
WWII codebreakers turn homicide detectives in this intriguing historical mystery by Marney (None Shall Sleep). In 1942, at Arlington Hall, a Washington, D.C., finishing school for wealthy girls, Kathleen Hopper is a paid companion and nurse to Katherine Sutherland. As Katherine's health declines, however, she encourages Kathleen to take on her name following her death, hoping that Kathleen can use her status to create a new life for herself. Now in 1943, 18-year-old Kathleen—who has assumed Katherine's identity and goes by Kit Sutherland—joins codebreakers Moya and Dottie in decrypting enemy missives for a secret U.S. Intelligence facility that has commandeered the school as a codebreaking center. When Kit finds a fellow codebreaker's murdered body, and more young women turn up dead, the girls endeavor to catch the killer, but as they get closer to the perpetrator, Kit risks imperiling her secret life and a deeper harrowing truth. Marney utilizes captivating prose, an intriguing and complex premise, and a fiercely independent female cast to ably detail a little-known chapter of WWII history that ensnares the imagination and invites further exploration. Most characters read as white. An author's note concludes. Ages 14–up.
