Dinah Kendall’s role in the U.S. Capitol for the Office of Strategic Services is far from the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead of covert missions, she crafts rumors aimed at undermining Axis morale while trying to live up to the expectations of her demanding mother, Lillian. As Dinah navigates her duties, she uncovers something startling: Her mother was once a codebreaker, breaking military ciphers during the Great War alongside some of the nation’s most brilliant minds. The deeper Dinah dives into Lillian’s journal, the more the secrets of the past come to light—including the steep cost of high-stakes codebreaking.
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Summary
"What do you know? And what does it mean?'
The two most basic questions that every codebreaker should remember to ask themselves, and yet . . . . more often than not the answers lead to more extensive inquiry. Dinah Kendall's rising stress level was a testament to the enormous responsibility that even entry level employees of the federal government's Office of Strategic Services felt and experienced on a daily basis, especially when . . . .
Years earlier, and initially unknown to Dinah, her mother had worked in Washington, D. C. during the Great War. Lillian Kendall's contributions within an elite team of codebreakers had eventually diminished into a small journal chronicling her story, in code of course, which she had deemed lost some years earlier. Through a series of providential circumstances, mother and daughter become intertwined in a critical situation with potential global repercussion, one in which time is most certainly not on their side.
Brimming with national history, iconic characters, and a story that just keeps on giving and taking, this fine example of historical fiction flows with the ease of an expensive pen, allowing readers to peek behind the curtain of national intelligence in an era when even family members kept secrets.
"The future was a cipher for everyone, really, a jumble of unknowns. Maybe all she had to do was gather the courage to begin."
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