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Sabotage in the Secret City

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Research chemist-sleuth Libby Clark must uncover the traitor within in this gripping World War II mystery.
May 1945. Harry S. Truman has become president, the Allied Forces are closing in on Berlin and the research scientists at the secret facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, are doing their bit to bring the war to as swift a conclusion as possible. But does the end justify the means? Libby Clark has mixed feelings about the horror she and her fellow scientists are labouring to unleash on the citizens of Japan – and it seems she's not the only one to have doubts.
A campaign of small acts of sabotage convinces Libby that one of their number is deliberately trying to delay the mission. But when the pranks turn deadly, Libby is forced once again to turn undercover sleuth in order to unmask the traitor within, prevent further deaths and keep the focus on ending World War II.|May, 1945. Their aim is to bring the war to a swift, decisive end. But Libby Clark is not the only one to have doubts about the horror she and her fellow scientists are labouring to unleash on the citizens of Japan. When a campaign of small acts of sabotage escalates into murder, Libby must turn undercover sleuth to unmask the traitor within.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 7, 2018
      Early in Fanning’s enjoyable third Libby Clark mystery (after 2016’s Treason in the Secret City), Libby, a scientist working on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tenn., learns that President Roosevelt has died. Speculation on his successor, Harry Truman, an unknown entity to Libby, provides a diversion from her often mundane chores in the lab, but she soon has a more immediate concern to worry about. When a series of childish but destructive pranks starts plaguing Oak Ridge, Lieutenant Colonel Crenshaw, the commander in charge, focuses his investigation on Libby’s team. After the pranks turn deadly, Libby and her colleagues must act fast to uncover the truth. But whom can she really trust? Oak Ridge offers rich terrain for examining the difficulties facing women in the 1940s, and Libby, a refreshingly independent and astute sleuth, does her best to deal with the sexism she faces almost daily. Readers will look forward to her next outing. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel & Goderich.

    • Kirkus

      May 15, 2018
      Libby Clark (Treason in the Secret City, 2016, etc.) continues her crusade against sexism at the Oak Ridge nuclear research facility in 1945.As the only woman in her lab in Y-12, Libby is used to sticking up for herself. But when a series of pranks threatens the work of the scientists who are busy "processing product for the gadget," as they coyly refer to the frightening new weapon they're developing for the U.S. military, she finds herself in a bind. Lt. Col. Crenshaw is sure Libby knows who's behind the increasingly serious incidents. Libby is indeed convinced the answer lies in either Y-12 or neighboring Alpha Lab but doesn't want to implicate any of her co-workers, especially those who meet each Wednesday at Joe's under the code name "Walking Molecules" to support each other and voice their concerns about the endgame of their secret research. Crenshaw leans in, Libby pushes back. In the meantime, Tom O'Malley, one of the Molecules, leaves for his father's funeral and never returns. And although her best friend, Ruth Nance, suddenly shows up at Oak Ridge after a brief exile to resume her clerical job, restoring the numerical balance in her world doesn't help Libby much with Crenshaw. Neither does Fanning's flat-footed prose, which reduces pretty much everyone to the least common denominator.Even in the labs, everyone's a generic "scientist." No biology, no physics, and precious little chemistry.

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    • Booklist

      June 1, 2018
      The third Libby Clark mystery (following Treason in the Secret City, 2016) finds Clark, a scientist at the Manhattan Project's top-secret installation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee?the secret city of the title?looking into several instances of apparent sabotage. Someone seems determined to shut down the project and stop the Americans from dropping nuclear bombs on Japan, and when sabotage leads to murder, Libby realizes she has to hurry if she's going to stop the perpetrators. Libby Clark is a good series lead: tough, resourceful, and smart. Fans of other WWII-set mysteries with strong female leads, such as Sarah R. Shaber's Louise Pearlie series, should definitely check this one out.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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