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Book Review of Enigma

Enigma
Enigma
Author: Robert Harris
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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England 1943. Much of the infamous Nazi Enigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrable cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans' movements, allowing them to destroy Allied vessels. Now a top-secret team of British cryptographers works feverishly around the clock to break Shark. And when brilliant mathematician Tom Jericho succeeds, it is the stuff of legend.

Until the unthinkable happens: the Germans change the code. As an Allied convoy crosses the U-boat-infested North Atlantic...as Jericho's ex-lover disappears amid accusations that she is a Nazi collaborator...as Jericho strains his last resources to break Shark again, he cannot escape the ultimate truth: There is a traitor among them.