The Killing Code by Ellie Marney book cover

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

9780316339582

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The Killing Code

A WWII codebreaker sets out to solve a series of gruesome murders by using her codebreaking skills in this engaging historical mystery.

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Review of ‘The Killing Code’

Kit Sutherland is a new codebreaker, hired by the United States government to decipher Japanese codes during the height of World War II. Unbeknownst to her colleagues, Kit is also an imposter. She had been working as a lady's maid to a fragile student at Arlington Hall, a prestigious Virginia boarding school.…

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