The Killing Code, Ellie Marney
The Killing Code, Ellie Marney
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The Killing Code

Author: Ellie Marney

Narrator: Natalie Naudus, Kelsey Navarro

Unabridged: 9 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for fans of The Enigma Game and 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ☆Annalise☆ on March 21, 2023

Overall this book was incredibly interesting and was different than any book I’ve read before. Definitely recommend! I found this book after reading None Shall Sleep by the same author and this one is definitely different but in a good way. None Shall Sleep was a bit more psychologically thrilling, w......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on November 04, 2022

This was an excellent YA historical fiction murder mystery set during WWII, a group of young code breakers band together to help track down a serial killer hunting young women. I loved the diverse representation in this book, the queer romance story line, the strong young women code breakers. It was......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on March 28, 2024

For fans of historical mysteries, women groups, and interesting jobs. Set in Virginia, 1943, we start with a group of women working as code breakers, including one who technically was given a dead woman’s identity – which will obviously complicate things. The women are all very different from each o......more

Goodreads review by Rach A. on September 19, 2022

My first Ellie Marney and I have to say, I rather enjoyed this! I thought this was an excellently plotted, very well-paced, SAPPHIC, YA historical thriller about a group of female code-breakers during WW2. It was a lot more gory and bloody than I expected! I love when a book turns out to be a bit da......more

Goodreads review by vania ౨ৎ on December 31, 2023

It was incredible from start to finish. It takes place in Virginia, in 1943, while the war rages. Katherine Sutherland - Kit arrives at Arlington Hall where a bunch of women have been recruited to work as codebreakers to help decode important information. However Kit harbors a secret, and as gruesome......more


Quotes

“A nifty whodunit, a strong focus on friendship, and an empowering queer romance.”—Kirkus Reviews

Praise for None Shall Sleep:

"A YA Silence of the Lambs that blew me away with its daring premise, gripped me with its twists and turns, and kept me up all night until its stunning conclusion. Ellie Marney brings the serial killer thriller to YA with riveting suspense and sizzling style. Don't read this book in the dark!"—C.S. Pacat, USA Today bestselling author of Fence

"The tightly plotted story moves inexorably forward with shocking twists. Vivid, chilling, and important."—Kirkus Reviews

"Marney (Circus of Arts) has created a thrilling cat-and-mouse story in this taut, Silence of the Lambs-like thriller.... Marney also skillfully creates engaging and complex characters as well as a budding romance that tenderly juxtaposes the overarching plot."—Publishers Weekly