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Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)

Susan Elia MacNeal

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Oct 07, 2016 Ginger rated it did not like it

Shelves: fiction-literature, history

I rarely rate books I don't finish. Only if I'm certain I never will. I tried to like this one. I really did. But according to my 50 page rule, I really was barely interested. I didn't like the characters, and honestly didn't even know what the problem being set up was -- the mysterious death from the prologue? I'm all for a plucky heroine character (I want to BE Nancy Drew, after all), but I did not like Maggie, or her friends Paige and Chuck. SO much language. I ignored (against my better judg ...more

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Feb 11, 2023 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Shelves: series, mystery, england, london, play-book-tag, world-war-ii, read-in-2023

Maggie Hope was born in England but raised in the U.S. by her aunt. After inheriting her grandmother's house she returns to England just in time for WWII. After one of Churchill's secretaries is murdered a friend suggests Maggie for the position. Maggie is an expert on cryptology and math but she agrees to the position to help the war effort. The main mystery involves a plot by the IRA. Considering Maggie is a cryptologist I expected more code breaking in the book. Maggie is ok but i don't feel ...more

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Nov 06, 2012 Lisa of Hopewell rated it did not like it

Shelves: read-in-2013, couldn-t-stand-it-so-gave-up

Just plain awful. So many errors. Edward VII was not Duke of Windsor--that was his Grandson, Edward VIII. Story isn't too bad if you can ignore all the "pip, pip, what old boy" type speech.

I threw this back after about 5 miserable chapters. ...more

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