Scandal in the Secret City
A World War Two mystery set in Tennessee
by Diane Fanning
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Pub Date 1 Nov 2014 | Archive Date 18 Dec 2014
Description
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, otherwise known as the Secret City, rose seemingly overnight in 1942, built by the US Government. No one was quite sure what its purpose was or where it came from, but there was certainly something going on . . .
Libby Clark, a gutsy Bryn Mawr graduate, is determined to find her place as a scientist in a world where women are thought better suited to housework and marriage. As the only female scientist in the top secret facility, Libby is excited to begin what she believes is important government research.
She soon begins to suspect, however, that not all is as it seems. And to make matters worse, one frosty night she discovers the dead body of her roommate’s sister sprawled behind the bleachers. No one else seems to think finding the killer is important and it’s up to Libby to make sense of the situation. Aided by a band of like-minded scientists, Libby follows every possible lead until she comes to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780727884046 |
| PRICE | US$34.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Natasha R, Bookseller
Despite the many horrors inflicted by World War II, one of the things that it did was to give women a place in the workforce. Libby Clark has a degree in chemistry and physics and wanted to help in the war effort. She was hired by Eastman Kodak and sent to work on a secret project in Tennessee where she was told that everything she did was top secret. Only when the sister of her good friend Ruth was murdered did she learn just how "secret" everything had to be, but the feisty Libby had made a promise to her friend to find out what had happened to the murdered girl and she intended to keep that promise. This is a wonderful book that gives you a true sense of what it was like to live during that time - the descriptions of drinking chicory coffee and listening to Bing Crosby on the radio made me feel that I was there along with Libby.
