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Book Review: Gorgeous brainiac females, nerdy misfits, absent minded professors, and Asperger geniuses all do their part to fight the war… with their grey cells. In “The Rose Code” New York Times bestselling author, Kate Quinn serves up a riveting WWII drama of code breaking, betrayal, love, and loss. Well researched and highly emotional, this book carries the reader deep into the top-secret, pressure-cooker world of British Military Intelligence where battles are won and lost by sheer force of intellect. I almost really love this book. The characters seem truly alive - their loves and hates, their struggles and triumphs, their weakness, their brilliance. And the plot keeps you turning page after page after page. I found myself actually caring about what was happening. Ms. Quinn really knows what she’s doing. Spectacularly well written. My only objection – just way too sad . Then again, how can a war story be anything but heartbreaking. Recommendation: this is not a stereotypical...

  Book Review: Canadian bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s new historical fiction/crime/mystery story is one of the latest arrivals to the SSS Library. I wasn’t sure quite what to expect when I cracked it open, but it easily passed my routine twenty-page test (if it doesn’t grab the attention by then, just put it away). Armstrong deftly sweeps the reader up into a strange and suspenseful, time-travelling crime fest with enough twists and turns to keep even a roller coaster fiend satisfied. Let me set the stage. Modern day female-cop, Mallory, gets transported back to Edenborough as it was in 1869 where she inhabits the body of a house maid to an enigmatic undertaker. If that’s not weird enough, she is inexplicably wound up in the hunt for a serial killer with connections to her modern-day life. How did she get there? Can she fit into this strange old world? Will she ever get home? Could she be the killer’s next victim? Implausible, you say. Totally, but its enjoyably exhilaratin...