The Cryptographer's Dilemma by Johnnie Alexander

FBI cryptographer Eloise Marshall is grieving the death of her brother, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor, when she is assigned to investigate a seemingly innocent letter about dolls. Agent Phillip Clayton is ready to enlist and head oversees when asked to work one more FBI job. A case of coded defense coordinates related to dolls should be easy, but not so when the Japanese Consulate gets involved, hearts get entangled, and Phillip goes missing. Can Eloise risk loving and losing again?

This was a very interesting book.  Eloise is doing work that not many women of her time were allowed to do.  Women weren't even thought capable of doing decoding.  Phillip Clayton is an FBI agent who wants nothing more than to enlist and get into the fighting overseas.  His superior has another mission for him to do.  When Phillip finds out he is expected to work with a woman, he is not happy.  As Eloise and Phillip travel across country to search for answers to codes being shipped with dolls, he realizes that she is an asset to his investigation.  

This book is a mystery.  But I wouldn't class it as a suspense or thriller.  I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it.

I was given this book by Barbour Publishing via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

The Chase by Lisa Harris

US Marshal Madison James may not be sure who shot her three months ago, but she does know one thing--it's time to get back out into the field. When her partner, Jonas Quinn, receives a message that a federal warrant just came in on a man connected to a string of bank robberies, Madison jumps at the chance to get back to work. What she and Jonas find is a bank robbery in progress that's gone wrong--and things are about to get worse.

For these bank robbers, it's never been just about the money. It's about taking risks and adrenaline rushes, and getting caught is not part of the game. When the suspects escape, Madison and Jonas must hunt them down and bring them to justice before someone else--someone close to them--gets hurt . . . or worse.

This is the second book in the US Marshall series.  It's not necessary to read the first book in the series to read this book.  It might be helpful though to understand some of what is going on in this book.  This book starts up three months after the first book ends where Madison is shot in her home.  The trouble is she can't remember who shot her and killed her husband several years earlier.  As Jonas and Madison try to catch the bank robbers they are still working her shooting. I highly recommend this book for those who like suspense.

I was given this book by NetGalley via Revell Publishing in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.  

Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason

Ava Jackson entered the military shortly after high school, but her mother's illness has forced her to request an early discharge. She already lost her father while deployed, and there's no way she's going to let her mother die alone. But after a visit to the nursing facility where her mother lives, Ava is attacked walking back to her car. Fortunately, FBI Special Agent Caden Denning arrives in time to help fight off her attacker.

Caden reveals to Ava that she may hold the key to the murders of three families, and he needs her help before anyone else is harmed. The hits show a pattern, and clearly the killer has an agenda. But if Caden and Ava can't discover what it is, Ava may be next on the hit list.

Another great book by Lynette Eason.  I was hooked on the first page.  Ava's dad has been declared dead so she takes an early discharge to take care of her mother.  Caden stops an attack on Ava.  This is an edge of your seat book all the way.  There's some twists and turns along the way that will keep you guessing till the end. 

This  is book 4 in the Danger Never Sleeps series.  It's not necessary to read the first 3 to read this book.  

I was given this book by NetGalley via Revell Publishing for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.