Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC-until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper-a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. (Mar.The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Quinn’s page-turning narrative is enhanced by her richly drawn characters, who unite under the common purpose of Britain’s war effort, and by the fascinating code-breaking techniques, which come alive via Quinn’s extensive historical detail. Together, the women work to crack a code that will help them find the traitor. In 1947, almost four years later, Beth contacts Osla and Mab, who help Beth escape from Clockwell. Soon, she she winds up the suspected traitor and is committed at Clockwell Sanitarium after having a mental breakdown. But when she discovers someone at Bletchley is likely a traitor, no one believes her. Though Beth is shy and reclusive, she shines in her work on breaking codes. After discovering Beth’s talent for solving crosswords, Osla helps Beth get a job interview at Bletchley Park. While working at Bletchley, they share a room at the home of Beth Finch, a young woman beaten down by her demanding mother. Debutant Osla Kendall meets fellow Bletchley Park recruit and London East End resident Mab Churt on the train in 1940. Quinn ( The Huntress) returns to WWII and the secretive world of Bletchley Park in this immersive saga.

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