“The Rose Code” by Kate Quinn

At the start of World War II three women dedicate themselves to serving their country at the top secret country estate Bletchley Park, where the smartest minds in Britain have gathered to help crack German military codes. Mab & Osla are sent to billet together at Beth’s home & an unlikely sisterhood is formed. Each of the women are assigned a different role at BP – translating, working the code breaking machines & one of them earns a spot as a cryptanalyst. As the war rages on Mab, Osla & Beth will each be tested & brought to their breaking points with the insurmountable pressure and loss. Fast forward to 1947 just days before the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip & post-war England is ready to celebrate. The once friends-now enemies have been brought back together thanks to an encrypted note claiming that there had been a traitor in Bletchley Park all those years ago, a traitor that sent one of them to an asylum for good. Now the three women must work together to crack one last code to uncover the true enemy of Bletchley Park & for one of them their life depends on it. I love a good Historical Fiction read & “The Rose Code” is a 5-star. I have a personal family tie to one of the events Kate Quinn writes about in this book. My grandmother was a young girl on November 14th, 1940 when the 500 German bombers blitzed Coventry for over 11 hours. Thankfully she survived but over 43,000 homes were destroyed & close to 550 lost their lives. You can still visit the Cathedral ruins in the city center. Stories like these are such an important part of history & Kate Quinn has done a wonderful job preserving these heroes’ stories for all time. Be sure to add this to your TBR list.

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