The Number of Love

I don't think I have ever met someone who thinks in numbers, prays in numbers, lives by numbers, but that is exactly what Margot de Wilde does. She is a code-breaker for the Royal Navy.  Because she has lived in Belgium, France, and Germany, she has a good ear for the languages. She graduated from high school when she was twelve years old and had a university degree by the time she was sixteen.  While working in Room 40, Margot meets Dot and her brother Drake.  Drake was an agent for the Royal Navy and often got the code books that the code breakers used.

Drake is home for a bit after he was shot by an agent (called "Opposite Number").  Drake's mission is to find "Opposite" and neutralize the threat he presented.  What Drake doesn't know is that Margot has met him in the park playing a Japanese board game called Go.  Margot makes interesting plays that keeps Opposite intrigued.

Drake doesn't really know what Margot does, but he knows she'd be a good friend to his sister, Dot.  The three of them become very close friends, and then take in another friend who has been homeless since he got home from the war with an amputated leg.

This is an intriguing book that holds the reader's attention and doesn't let go until the last page.  The characters are easy to follow through the plot lines and different settings. Every character is believable, likable, and compelling.  Roseanna M White is a great author and I will be looking for her next book in the Code Breaker series with much anticipation.

I am very thankful to Bethany House and NetGalley.com for allowing me to read and review this book.  It's a five star book, with two thumbs up, and a secret agent decoder ring.