02065cam a2200277 4500 611259861 TxAuBib 20230119120000.0 220718s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022023000 9780778386889 HRD 28.99 0778386880 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib Ackerman, Sara, author. The codebreaker's secret [BOOK] / Sara Ackerman. 1st ed. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2022] 347 pages ; 24 cm. A dual-timeline historical novel of codebreaking, secrets, murder, and romance, set in Hawaii in 1943 and 1965, follows two women--a cryptanalyist working to defeat the Japanese Army, and a rookie journalist investigating the disappearance of a high-profile guest during the grand opening of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. 1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in "the dungeon" at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother's death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i to cover the grand opening of the glamorous Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Rockefeller's newest and grandest project. When a high-profile guest goes missing, Lu forms an unlikely alliance with an intimidating veteran photographer to unravel the mystery. The two make a shocking discovery that stirs up memories and uncovers an explosive secret from the war days. A secret that only a codebreaker can crack. 20230119. World War, 1939-1945 Women Hawaii Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Fiction. Women journalists Hawaii Fiction. Historical fiction.