Joan Mackenzie: The Rose Code and Missing Persons

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn This is historical fiction by the author of The Alice Network (which and The Huntress. It’s a Bletchley Park story – the place where Britain’s finest brains worked during WW2 to crack German military codes. Three women become friends there but war, loss and the impossible pressures of secrecy tear them apart. The code-breaking techniques are fascinating, as are the human elements of the story. Missing Persons by Steve Braunias He’s identified 12 people who’ve gone missing in a variety of ways – some at the hands of others, some who’ve slipped out of the public eye and some who we all knew from the headlines and then quickly forgot (Grace Millane, Kim Dotcom, Mark Lundy etc ). These are stories of disappearance, in an all New Zealand true crime collection which is as fascinating as it’s entertaining. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.