Honey Deschamps spends her days at a type-x machine in Hut 6 of Bletchley Park, transcribing decrypted signals from the German Amy. Halfway across the world, Hitler's armies are marching into Leningrad, pillaging and destroying treasured artworks, including the famous Amber Room. As reports start coming in about the stolen amber, Honey receives a package, carried by a man she has never seen. He claims his name is Felix and he works in Hut 3. Inside the Russian-postmarked package is a small piece of amber, the first of several that Honey will receive. Wondering if these packages are a desperate cry for help or a trap set to test her loyalty to Britain, Honey turns to the enigmatic Felix for help. However, can she trust who he says he is? And just what do these amber pieces mean?
I liked that this book was set in a real time, in a real place, and included realistic details about the kind of work that women did for Britain during the war at Bletchley Park. The author does a nice job of painting the very real sense of danger that permeated people's lives at that time, and also of reminding the reader that danger isn't always obvious, and it can be difficult to know who to trust. The addition of the coded messages that Lucy starts to see in the amber, along with the political intrigue of war (and the addition of this mysterious Felix) made this an enjoyable read.
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