Andrew Williams (1) (1962–)

This book is the story of a naval lieutenant whose ship is torpedoed and as a result finds himself employed on work interrogating German prisoners of war. He becomes convinced that Germany is able to break British codes, but his efforts to find evidence of this land him in trouble with his superiors and the whole security 'establishment'. The book has a very authentic feel of the times; it's low key and unsensationalist. The story includes the interrogator's relationship with someone working in naval intelligence and this is written very well - even the sex scenes manage to be realistic and are not simply inserted for the sake of it. There's a couple of good twists towards the end, and a longer historical perspective. The book cover compares the author to Robert Harris but this is not really the same sort of book as 'Enigma' - it's not a thriller, rather a sort of psychological study.… (more)