This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!
A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for fans of The Enigma Game and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.
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 Signal Intelligence facility. 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.
Published by: Little, Brown
Expected Publication: September 20, 2022
Why I’m Waiting: I read their last book and I thought it was so good! I remember re-listening to some of the things that happened multiple times. Her last book was also a historical novel, and I flew right through it. Maybe in my journey to read more historicals I should have started with reading some historical thrillers? This one sounds like a good one to start with, with the gossip queen (was history littered with these or something? It’s giving me Whistledown vibes lol) And normally, when I saw the “segregated codebreaking unit” I would’ve noped out, but then I saw “develop friendships-and romance…” and I’m excited to also see some LGBTQ+ representation in this. Hopefully its all good rep!
What about you? Have you heard about this one? Do you think you’ll read this one? Do you like historical fiction? What about historical thrillers? Let me know in the comments!
Nice pick! This is a new to me one. Hope you thoroughly enjoy this one once you get to read it!
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