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Book Review of The Codebreaker's Secret

The Codebreaker's Secret
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A charming book with an even more charming set of characters, set in Hawaii, on the islands of Oahu and the Big Island in 1943 and the 1960s. There are two timelines that seemed to be joined only by the presence of one character, a news photographer, in both of them. But at the end the timelines turn out to have much more to do with each other, in surprising ways.

It's obvious the author loves Hawaiian culture and the natural beauty of the islands, rendered in gracious and authentic detail.