The Pearl Thief

Splendid as always and, oh, how I adore Julie! It was interesting to get to know her before the days of WWII. I wish I'd read this before The Enigma Game so I could have appreciated Ellen's involvement in that book to the fullest. (All the more reason to go back and reread the series.) This book was like getting to visit with an old friend while at the same time getting to know someone you've just met. And even with the absence of the war, it doesn't lack the gritty tone of the rest of the series even if it is more subdued.