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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Cryptographer's Dilemma
Book Author: Johnnie Alexander
What do you like about this book:
3.5 stars
"Are you ready to be my sister again?"
Ready. Set. Back up a minute. "Only a few months ago Eloise (Marshall) had been teaching high school algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Now she was preparing to decipher a strange letter, which might or might not be written in code, and taking on a new identity while she traveled with a stranger to investigate a possible traitor." . . . .
That stranger being . . . F. B. I. Agent Phillip Carter, who wasn't all that thrilled about teaming up with a naval cryptographer, who was basically an untrained civilian with an uncanny knack for breaking codes. Someone was using seemingly innocent correspondences about expensive dolls to betray matters of national security and Phillip was determined to solve the case quickly in order to move on to what he really wanted to do; enlist. Was Eloise going to be as asset or a liability, it was hard to predict, he just never imagined that she would become valuable, and in an entirely different kind of way.
These characters! In some ways they outshone the plot, which is a very interesting story. There was a certain pleasantness about the way Eloise and Phillip realized their relationship was deepening, in spite of all their efforts to remain platonic. When details surrounding the actual case seemed a bit synthetic, the organic nature of the couple's conversations exhibited authenticity. Through it all, Peter and Eloise struggled mightily with internal dilemmas, ultimately recognizing the hand of God at work in their lives, for clearly "a coincidence (was) never a coincidence" in this story.
A lovely, enjoyable beginning to a new historical series!