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The amber shadows / Lucy Ribchester.
While working at Bletchley Park transcribing decrypted signals from the German Army as it marches into Leningrad, Honey Deschamps begins to receive mysterious packages from Russia containing small pieces of amber that suggest a coded message.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681774480
- Physical Description: 451 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450) |
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| Subject: | Code and cipher stories. Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) > History > Fiction. Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sechelt/Gibsons.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sechelt Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sechelt Public Library | F RIBC (Text) | 33260000416892 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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While doing her part for the British war effort during World War II, a transcriber of decrypted German messages begins receiving strange packages postmarked from Russia and realizes someone is trying to tell her something and resolves to unravel the mystery. - WW Norton
Bletchley Park, 1942: As World War II rages on, Honey Deschamps sits at her type-x machine, tediously transcribing decrypted signals from the German Army, doing her part to assist the British war effort. Halfway across the world, Hitlerâs armies are marching into Leningrad, leaving a trail of destruction and pillaging the countryâs most treasured artworks, including the famous Amber Roomâthe eighth wonder of the world.As reports begin filtering into Bletchley Park about the stolen loot, Honey receives a mysterious package, hand-delivered from a man that she has never seen before who claims that he works at the Park as well. The package is postmarked from Russia, and inside is a small piece of amber. It is just the first of several such packages, and when she examines them together she realizes that someone, relying on her abilities to unravel codes, is trying to tell her something.Honey canât help but fear that the packages are a trap set by the authorities to test her loyaltiesâsurely nothing so valuable could get through the mail during a time of war. And yet, something about the packages reminds her of stories that her brother used to tell her about her absent father, and when her brother is found brutally murdered on his way to visit Honey, she canât help but assume that the events are connected. But at Bletchley Park, secrecy reigns supreme, and she has nowhere to turn for helpâ¦. - WW Norton
During the dangerous days of World War II, Honey Deschamps is spending her days transcribing decrypted messages at Bletchley Park, when she starts to receive bizarrely coded packages. When everyone is keeping secrets, who can you trust?
