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Title: Scandal in the Secret City

Subtitle: A Libby Clark Mystery

Author: Diane Fanning

Narrator: Paula Faye Leinweber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-17

Publisher: Diane Fanning

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the Lucinda Pierce series comes a thrilling new mystery set during the Second World War.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, otherwise known as the Secret City, rose seemingly overnight in 1942, built by the US government. No one was quite sure what its purpose was or where it came from, but there was certainly something going on.

Libby Clark, a gutsy Bryn Mawr graduate, is determined to find her place as a scientist in a world where women are thought better suited to housework and marriage. As the only female scientist in the top secret facility, Libby is excited to begin what she believes is important government research.

She soon begins to suspect, however, that not all is as it seems. And to make matters worse, one frosty night she discovers the dead body of her roommate's sister sprawled behind the bleachers. No one else seems to think finding the killer is important and it's up to Libby to make sense of the situation. Aided by a band of like-minded scientists, Libby follows every possible lead until she comes to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

Members Reviews:

If you enjoyed the nonfictional The Girls of Atomic City

If you enjoyed the nonfictional The Girls of Atomic City, youâll enjoy this fictional account of a murder at Oak Ridge, a story that will reveal much of what life was like there. The author obviously did a lot of research, and while the incident and her characters are fictional, she has gone to great length to present an accurate account of how people lived and worked. Place names, such as security gates, streets, roads, and a hotel in Knoxville, are all of real places. She describes life at Atomic City, including the widespread mud, dormitories, individual houses, homes for black families, and shopping with ration books and long lines at stores. She explains in considerable detail what the workers did in the secret plants. Along the way, she manages to insert discussions about important issues, such as treatment of black workers, attitudes toward women seeking careers instead of families, area families who lost their farms when the government appropriated them for the new city, and the moral issues surrounding the use of the atomic bomb. The overriding concern for security is made evident in the way that the police in Oak Ridge went to great lengths to make citizens think they were safe there and to prevent anyone from âoutsideâ from learning about the secret work through reporting of the fictional crime.

This is not great literature, however. The murder âmysteryâ is rather basic and lurches along primarily as a vehicle to carry the story of life at Atomic City. The story is told in first-person, which means that a lot of the issues are presented in rather stilted dialogue. There are no great surprises along the way, and the outcome is predictable. Still, Iâm glad I read it, and the combination of the two books and a visit to Oak Ridge gave me a greater appreciation for the work that was done there and for the conditions that residents had to endure.

The author did a great job weaving the history of Oak Ridge

Very interesting book...