The Killing Code

 

Book Info:

The Killing Code by Ellie Marney

Genre: Young Adult Historical Mystery

Publishing Date: September 20, 2022

 

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.


My Review - I do not always enjoy historical fiction, but I really liked this one. It helped that it actually focuses on female characters working on an important, mostly respected job. There was also LGBT+ rep that I really enjoyed seeing! And of course there is the mystery you are trying to solve along with the characters. This book had good twists. 4/5 stars! 

 

Book Links:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60021194-the-killing-code

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031633958X/

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-killing-code-ellie-marney/1140835401

Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Killing-Code-Ellie-Marney/9780316339582

Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-killing-code/9780316339582-item.html

IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316339582

 

About the Author:

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.

 

Author Links:

Website: https://elliemarney.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/elliemarney

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliemarney/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7135920.Ellie_Marney

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EllieMarneyAuthor/

 

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