Codebreakers: Wordhunter #2    by Stella Sands Order:  USA  Can HarperCollins, 2026 (2026) Softcover, CD, e-Book     Reviewed by Hilary Williamson Codebreakers follows Wordhunter as the second in a mystery series starring tattooed genius word nerd Maggie Moore, a young forensics expert in south-central Florida. When Maggie was fourteen, her BFF Lucy disappeared, and she is obsessed with finding her. In the first episode, she helped Olemeda Detective Silas Jackson catch a pedophile, who happened to be his boss and shot him. As the episode opens, Silas is recovering in hospital, where Maggie informs him that she and her biker friends stormed the Divine Light cult compound in search of Lucy and found a clue. Both leads are pretty rough around the edges, but they have grown close despite that. Once Silas more or less recovers, they take a big chance together, opening their own S and M Detective Agency. Their client is gay Mitch, branded while unconscious by a man who called himself Flint - and he's not the only one. They work both cases, as well as Maggie's DNA search for family - and progress on all fronts, their investigation enriched by Maggie's continual linguistic analysis. As it ends, Maggie's life is changed forever. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Mystery books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews