num_pages: 386
description: "LITERATE AND SAVVY . . . BRIMS WITH WARTIME INTRIGUE."--The Washington Post Book WorldEngland 1943. Much of the infamous Nazi Enigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrable operational cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans' movements, allowing them to destroy a record number of Allied vessels. Feeling that the blood of Allied sailors is on their hands, 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. . . ."A TENSE AND THOUGHTFUL THRILLER."--San Francisco ChronicleUntil the unthinkable the Germans have somehow learned that Shark has been cracked. And they've changed the code. . . ."SUSPENSEFUL AND FASCINATING."--The Orlando SentinelAs an Allied convoy crosses the U-boat infested North Atlantic . . . as Jericho's ex-lover Claire disappears amid accusations that she is a Nazi collaborator . . . as Jericho strains his last resources to break Shark again, he cannot escape the ultimate There is a traitor among them. . . ."GRIPPING . . . CAPTIVATING ."--New York Daily News"ELEGANTLY RESEARCHED . . . Readers will find themselves perfectly placed to experience one of Britain's finest hours."--People"SATISFYING . . . Harris does a crackerjack job here, playing his characters' lives off historical events in surprising ways."--Entertainment Weekly"SUSPENSEFUL . . . FIENDISHLY CLEVER."--Detroit Free PressFrom the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Enigma
titlecomplete: Enigma
characters: Hester Wallace, Tom Jericho, Claire Romilly
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Crime, World War II
ratings_count: 15473
places: England
publisher: Random House UK