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The Secret City

by Margaret Hollis

  • 2 hr listen
  • 16 chapters
  • Published 28 July 2026
WWII Historical FictionManhattan ProjectStrong HeroineSpy CraftInfiltrationBuried SecretsSting OperationFemale FriendshipDangerous KnowledgeComplicity & ConscienceCorrupt OfficialsFalse IdentityCoerced SpyDouble AgentMoral CourageWartime DeceptionUnlikely AllianceCounter-SchemeWhistleblowerMedical InjusticeDefiance of AuthorityRace Against TimeCompany Town SecretsJapanese American InternmentAtomic AgeAmerican SouthMole HuntDivided LoyaltiesHistorical Cover-UpWomen at WarBlack Market Ring1940s America
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A city of 75,000 that appears on no map hides a secret that could end the war—or ignite the next one. Verna Bledsoe, a sharp-eyed former fraud examiner, arrives at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1944 with orders to find a spy leaking uranium enrichment data. But when her prime suspect turns up drowned before she can make contact, Verna discovers the conspiracy runs far deeper than a single traitor. To protect her friends, expose the truth, and survive, she'll have to outthink enemies hiding behind the same uniforms she serves.

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