Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Thorndike Press Large Print Superior Collection)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781410457516 (1410457516)
ASIN: 1410457516
Publish date: June 5th 2013
Publisher: Kennebec Large Print
Pages no: 497
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
War,
Historical Mystery,
World War II,
Suspense
Series: Maggie Hope Mystery (#1)
I enjoyed reading this book so much that I quickly put the rest of the series on my wishlist at the library. I loved the character of Maggie Hope; yes, she comes across as a little modern for the time period, but she was also raised in America so she stands out anyway from the rest of the British ca...
This book was a fun ride. I really liked Maggie and the gang and the world building was immersive without needing lots of exposition or details (at least for me, as I have to been London a lot). The era already lends itself to secrecy and double agents. I am planning on reading a lot from this seri...
Series: Maggie Hope #1 This mystery/suspense novel seemed promising. It's about a young British-born American woman in WWII who takes a job as one of the typists for Winston Churchill. Unfortunately, she had previously been passed over for an actual secretary job which she thought had to do with h...
London 1940. Margaret “Maggie” Hope wants to work for the British intelligence, but as she is a woman she ends up being a typist at No. 10 Downing Street. But she has a knack for code breaking and soon she does a lot more den typing for the prime minister. This book was OK, not fantastic to read, b...
Maggie Hope just might be my new favorite literary heroine and not just because she's a redhead. I tend to have a love/hate relationship with books that are the first in a series. For the most part, I have to finish the second novel before I really know if I am going to enjoy the series. This book m...
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