The Traitor Beside Her

After an abbreviated training period, 21-year-old Justine Byrne is given her first undercover assignment during World War II. She’s to work as a secretary at the site of a massive cryptoanalysis operation run by the Army in Washington, DC. She’s also told not to trust anyone. There’s a traitor in the department who’s responsible for blowing up a bridge in Europe and killing a family and a number of Allies. Posing as Samantha Ogletree, a minister’s daughter, Justine will attempt to root out the spy—but her cover is blown when a family friend recognizes her and grabs her to work as his assistant. Her friend Georgette takes on Justine’s original job and identity as Samantha. Together, the two young women ask apparently innocent questions of others in the cryptoanalysis department, hoping to uncover a traitor. But their shortened training periods and lack of weapons endanger both of them when the traitor feels trapped.