The Rose Code

Written by the same author, this novel features a similar dual-timeline structure and focuses on a real-life network of female spies during WWI. It shares the same blend of historical grit, female camaraderie, and high-stakes espionage.

This emotionally resonant story follows two sisters in occupied France, capturing the same spirit of female resistance and the personal costs of war found in The Rose Code. It highlights the often-overlooked roles women played in the war effort.

This novel centers on an intense friendship between a female pilot and a spy captured in Nazi-occupied France. Like The Rose Code, it relies on complex female relationships and the intellectual chess match of wartime intelligence.

Focusing on the secretaries at the CIA who helped smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, this book mirrors the 'behind-the-scenes' workplace dynamic of Bletchley Park. It explores how women used their intellect to influence global politics in secret.

This story uncovers the mystery of a group of female secret agents sent to Europe during WWII. Fans of the mystery elements and the ensemble cast of Bletchley Park will appreciate the investigative pacing and historical detail.

Atkinson provides a more cynical and witty look at British intelligence during WWII, focusing on a young woman working for MI5. It shares the intellectual depth and the 'ordinary person turned spy' motif seen in Quinn's work.

Another masterpiece by Quinn that follows a female Soviet pilot and a Nazi hunter in the aftermath of the war. It maintains the same fast-paced, meticulously researched, and character-driven style that Rose Code fans adore.

For readers who loved the specific setting of Bletchley Park, this narrative non-fiction provides real-life accounts from the women who worked there. It offers the authentic historical context that inspired the characters of Osla, Mab, and Beth.

While set earlier during the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, this book shares the intellectual curiosity and female-centric perspective of The Rose Code. It focuses on women finding their voice in male-dominated academic spaces.

Based on the true story of the Red Orchestra resistance circle in Germany, this novel follows a group of women working to undermine the Nazi regime from within. It echoes the themes of courage, friendship, and moral dilemmas found in Quinn's writing.