The Red Signal

This story was just a pure delight. It's a pretty quick read about a young girl who lands among some German spies when she goes to take a job her uncle found for her during what is presumably 1917-1918 (the book was published in 1919). There's a great deal of excitement as an everyday girl decides to take on a dangerous mission in order to save her country.

Though Hill is known for writing “romance,” there is very little romance according to today's standards. Most of the story is a thriller about Hilda's attempts to stop the spies before they harm the nation, and the white knight only shows up in person a few times in the tale.

Content: Hilda's brother uses some schoolboy expletives