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Enigma by Robert Harris is a brisk, character-driven wartime espionage novel set in Bletchley Park, where Tom Jericho’s codebreaking work on the Enigma machine intertwines with a tense search for his missing lover and the possibility of betrayal. It works best for readers drawn to emotionally intense, puzzle-based stories about secrecy and the psychological effects of war, but may feel slow if you
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