Narrelle's review of The Killing Code

5/5: Ellie Marney’s skills as a writer of superb crime fiction with fascinating settings, well-crafted characters, deft twists and a cracking pace are all on display in her latest adult crime novel, The Killing Code. It’s set in Arlington Hall, America’s code-breaking HQ during World War II, where thousands of women worked together in US Signals Intelligence. In June 1942, the Arlington Hall girls’ school is closing down to make way for the war effort. Just as the school is closing – just as she’s dying – wealthy but sickly schoolgirl Katherine Sutherland gives her nurse, maid and companion Kat...