Best-selling authors Marie Benedict (The Mystery of Mrs. Christie) and
Kate Quinn (The Rose Code) join forces to tell the captivating story
of how history's most famous mystery writer crossed paths with one of
Britain's top-secret codebreakers in the throes of World War II.
Recruited as a codebreaker of enemy ciphers, ex-debutante Osla Kendall
spends her days translating Axis military messages and her nights
reading mystery novels. When Osla gets her hands on Agatha Christie's
most recent work, N or M?, a mysterious signal within its pages
catches her eye, and she and her eccentric book club get in touch with
the famous but reclusive writer. Osla's outreach is a welcome
distraction for Agatha, who feels restless and underestimated toiling
away in a London pharmacy while men like her husband can contribute to
the war effort from the frontlines.
So begins the story of an unlikely friendship and the secrets that bind
two brave women embroiled in war. Based on true events and told by two
beloved authors and champions of history's heroines, Smoke Signal is a
breathtaking novella of espionage and the unforgettable women who risked
everything to serve their country.
To learn more about Osla Kendall and Agatha Christie, see Marie
Benedict's The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, a novel of Agatha Christie's
disappearance in 1926, and Kate Quinn's forthcoming The Rose Code, a
novel of the female codebreakers of Bletchley Park.
