Lieutenant Lena Stillman is stunned when she receives a message from a man she thought was dead. She's working in Alaska as a code-breaker and now her old lover Bill wants her to come to Siam. Not only that, he may be able to help her locate Corporal Link Hughes who she felt she betrayed. Now it seems that Bill knows where Link is. But what are his motives? And can she abandon her position in Alaska? What will her boss, spymaster Miss Maggie, say about that?

DOUBLESPEAK is the sequel to SPEAKEASY which I have not read. Reading this book made me wish I had done so, because I had some trouble both warming up to the characters and the story. This could be just me, but I often felt, while reading this book, that the writing made me sleepy. It lacked a good pace and I just felt that the story never really got interesting. It plowed on and I felt that I couldn't connect at all with what was going on. The story just didn't comes alive for me.

I would say that if you loved the first book, then you probably will find this book entertaining since you have bonded with the characters. On paper, the book sounds good - code-breaking, spies, post-WW2 and a story set in both Siam and Alaska. I wished that I had enjoyed the story but, alas, I was not the right reader. But, if this story's blurb speaks to you, then I do recommend checking out the book. However, reading the first book may be best in order to really get to know the characters.