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Smoke Signal | Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict

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Best-selling authors Marie Benedict (The Mystery of Mrs. Christie) and Kate Quinn (The Rose Code) join forces to tell the captivating story of how history's most famous mystery writer crossed paths with one of Britain's top secret code breakers in the throes of World War II.
Recruited as a code breaker of enemy ciphers, ex-debutante Osla Kendall spends her days translating Axis military messages and her nights reading mystery novels. When Osla gets her hands on Agatha Christie's most recent work, N or M?, a mysterious signal within its pages catches her eye, and she and her eccentric book club get in touch with the famous but reclusive writer. Osla's outreach is a welcome distraction for Agatha, who feels restless and underestimated toiling away in a London pharmacy while men like her husband can contribute to the war effort from the front lines.
So begins the story of an unlikely friendship and the secrets that bind two brave women embroiled in war. Based on true events and told by two beloved authors and champions of history's heroines, Smoke Signal is a breathtaking novella of espionage and the unforgettable women who risked everything to serve their country.
To learn more about Osla Kendall and Agatha Christie, see Marie Benedict's The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, a novel of Agatha Christie's disappearance in 1926, and Kate Quinn's forthcoming The Rose Code, a novel of the female code breakers of Bletchley Park.

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NatalieR

Smoke Signal | Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict

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Smoke Signal is a fun historical fiction novella set during WWII with famed mystery writer Agatha Christie at the center of the story. It‘s a unique blend of storytelling by Marie Benedict, who‘s written about Agatha Christie, and Kate Quinn, who brings her expertise in female code breakers to the table.

Full review at abookandadog.com/blog/smoke-signal

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CatLass007

Smoke Signal | Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict

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I‘m giving this a pick but I feel like so much of the story was in code. I guess that‘s understandable when a Bletchley Park code breaker meets Agatha Christie. Each author has written her own novel featuring the two characters in this novella. I think it might have been better. Had I read those novels before I read this. I‘ll probably come back to this one again after I‘ve read the novels.

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