1940s
England and England has been preparing to fight a war with Nazi
Germany. What Germany does not know if that England has intercepted and
eventually decoded the Enigma machines. It is this ability that brings
three very different women to the secret base of Bletchley Park, where
the mission of those there is to intercept, decode and translate the
messages from the Axis powers. What they begin to realize is that their
own lives and those they love are in the messages that go through
Bethcley Park and they must do everything in their power to keep them
safe. But there is a trader at Bletchly Park that has seen to it that
the one woman who could discover them is put away in an insane asylum.
Now those who no longer trust each other must work together to figure
out who.
I
do not read a lot of Historical Fiction novels, but I have found when I
do, I reach for Quinn when I am look for one. As I started writing this
review I discovered that I never wrote on for The Alice Network last
year (and I highly recommend that one too), and this one follows a
similar format but I really liked that all the women are in both time
frames in this book. This book really has everything in it and will make
you feel a wide range of emotions. There is love, heartbreak, anger,
deceit, friendship, mystery and of course betrayal. I actually loved the
mystery aspect of this book and had me questioning everyone at
Bletchley Park and the women as well, if one of them was the traitor and
I am happy to say I did not figure it out (which does not happen very
often).
I found both periods interesting and appreciated that the after the war periods were shorter until the latter parts of the book as this really sets all three women up as full fledged character. I enjoyed Osla, Mab and Beth's and that Quinn did not recopy each of the women. Yes, they do have some similarities in their overall stories, but not so close that I was not interested in them. However, I will say that the book was starting to feel a bit long by the 80% mark of the book. I got to the point where it was alright enough about the women’s lives and love lives and let’s find the traitor, get Beth and put some sort of plan into action to figure out who it is.
The
most AMAZING part of this book is that the women that Quinn features in
this book are real and I had no idea until the book was finished. I
mean of course Prince Phillip (May he Rest In Peace) but I had no idea
that the women featured were real as well. It made me want to look these
woman up and know more about their lives, and see which aspects that
that Quinn put in the book were true, especially that ending. All I can
say is that these woman are extremely amazing and what they were able to
accomplish at this time in history is truly special and amazing.
I feel like Quinn can weave an almost perfect story of intrigue, mystery, love story and all with strong female characters. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to those who like Historical Fiction and to those who want to read something outside of their usual genres. I look forward to reading other books by Quinn.
Enjoy!!!
Normally I recommend books similar to this one, but I do not read enough Historical Fiction to do that. As stated above The Alice Network by Quinn is also a great read.
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