Fans of Roseanna M. White's World War II books will love this well-written story by Johnnie Alexander. FBI Agent Phillip Clayton is frustrated that his color blindness has prevented him from joining the Air Force, and isn't satisfied to remain stateside as other young men are overseas fighting. Eloise Marshall, grieving over her brother's death at Pearl Harbor, was recruited as a cryptographer for the Navy. She was happy to serve in her brother's stead, but could not resist the challenge involved in accepting the transfer being offered by the FBI, an offer to break codes and track down a possible traitor who is feeding information to the nation's enemies. I was intrigued to find out in the author's notes that the story is based on a true FBI investigation. The author was careful to tell which aspects of the story were fictionalized. She skillfully combined the real and the imagined to create a compelling and highly entertaining tale.
I am grateful to have received a complementary copy of The Cryptographer's Dilemma from Barbour Publishing without obligation. All opinions expressed here are my own.
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