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'Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, Mrs Spy is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won't be able to put it down' - Ava Glass Get ready for a pulse-pounding, laugh-out-loud ride through 1960s London as Maggie Flynn, unexpected MI5 operative and single mum, unravels the intelligence agency's most treacherous secrets. *** Maggie Flynn isn’t your typical 1960s mum. She’s a spy, an unsuspecting operative for MI5, stalking London’s streets in myriad disguises. Widowed and balancing her clandestine career with raising a Beatles-mad teenage daughter, Maggie finds comfort and purpose in her profession – providing a connection to her late husband, whose own covert past only surfaced after his death. But Maggie’s world spins out of control when a chance encounter with a mysterious Russian agent triggers a chilling revelation: he knew her husband. And what’s worse, the agent suspects someone on home soil betrayed him. As Maggie searches for answers, she’ll question everyone – and everything – she thought she could trust. In the murky and perilous world of espionage, can she outsmart those determined to keep her silenced? *** 'A gripping story and great 60s detail, Mrs Spy is the female answer to Harry Palmer' – Ian Moore 'Mrs Spy is a delicious recreation of 1960s London... rich and well-constructed' - Emma Flint

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Mrs Spy has invented a new genre - the domestic spy story in where the redoubtable heroine can knock up a shepherd’s pie as efficiently as knocking off an enemy agent. Smart, funny and tense - Mrs Spy has a license to entertain. -- Daisy Goodwin Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, Mrs Spy is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won't be able to put it down -- Ava Glass If you liked Netflix’s Black Doves, you might enjoy this. Good fun * The Gloss Magazine * A gripping story and great 60s detail, Mrs Spy is the female answer to Harry Palmer. Loved it -- Ian Moore A hilarious and gripping page-turner * Woman's Own Magazine * With a well-drawn, witty protagonist and a twisty, intelligent plot, this book will appeal to fans of spy novels and 1960s nostalgia * Candis Magazine * Maggie Flynn is a true original: a smart, intrepid, middle-aged spy with acute instincts and aching bunions. Her investigation into her husband's death takes her on a fast-paced and perilous whirlwind through Sixties London, in a story that's full of period atmosphere as well as insights into the world of espionage -- Gill Paul I loved this book: an absolutely gripping and heartwarming story... Down-to-earth, funny, tenacious and brave, we need more heroes like Mrs Spy! -- Jane Bailey Mrs Spy is a wonderful, twisty, funny, fast-paced novel about the spy we would all like to meet. I read it from cover-to-cover in just a few days, and recommend it highly to anyone who is looking for a brilliant spy thriller with a twist. Loved it. -- Hannah Dolby An exhilarating ride through the 60s * Woman's Weekly Magazine * Nukes, traitors, misogynists and the Beatles – a romp but an intelligent one * Crime Time (Spy & Political Fiction Roundup) * A cracking read * The Sunday Post, The Press & Journal, The Courier * Palpably exudes 1960s London, combining cultural and political elements unique to the time * Gazette & Herald, York Press, Darlington and Stockton Times, The Northern Echo * A compelling and sometimes very funny spy entertainment – reminiscent at times of the late Graham Greene * Historical Novel Review * Recommended May reads * Take a Break Magazine * Recommended May reads * Townswoman Magazine * A most enjoyable caper, with just the right touches of realism and entertainment * Crime Time (Crime Roundup) * The period detail of Sixties London is a joy and Maggie is the kind of heroine we can all root for * Yours magazine * Addictive and amusing * The Westmeath Independent, Westmeath Examiner, Connaught Telegraph *

Mrs Spy has invented a new genre - the domestic spy story in where the redoubtable heroine can knock up a shepherd’s pie as efficiently as knocking off an enemy agent. Smart, funny and tense - Mrs Spy has a license to entertain. -- Daisy Goodwin Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, Mrs Spy is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won't be able to put it down -- Ava Glass If you liked Netflix’s Black Doves, you might enjoy this. Good fun * The Gloss Magazine * A gripping story and great 60s detail, Mrs Spy is the female answer to Harry Palmer. Loved it -- Ian Moore A hilarious and gripping page-turner * Woman's Own Magazine * With a well-drawn, witty protagonist and a twisty, intelligent plot, this book will appeal to fans of spy novels and 1960s nostalgia * Candis Magazine * Maggie Flynn is a true original: a smart, intrepid, middle-aged spy with acute instincts and aching bunions. Her investigation into her husband's death takes her on a fast-paced and perilous whirlwind through Sixties London, in a story that's full of period atmosphere as well as insights into the world of espionage -- Gill Paul I loved this book: an absolutely gripping and heartwarming story... Down-to-earth, funny, tenacious and brave, we need more heroes like Mrs Spy! -- Jane Bailey Mrs Spy is a wonderful, twisty, funny, fast-paced novel about the spy we would all like to meet. I read it from cover-to-cover in just a few days, and recommend it highly to anyone who is looking for a brilliant spy thriller with a twist. Loved it. -- Hannah Dolby An exhilarating ride through the 60s * Woman's Weekly Magazine * Nukes, traitors, misogynists and the Beatles – a romp but an intelligent one * Crime Time (Spy & Political Fiction Roundup) * A cracking read * The Sunday Post, The Press & Journal, The Courier * Palpably exudes 1960s London, combining cultural and political elements unique to the time * Gazette & Herald, York Press, Darlington and Stockton Times, The Northern Echo * A compelling and sometimes very funny spy entertainment – reminiscent at times of the late Graham Greene * Historical Novel Review * Recommended May reads * Take a Break Magazine * Recommended May reads * Townswoman Magazine * A most enjoyable caper, with just the right touches of realism and entertainment * Crime Time (Crime Roundup) * The period detail of Sixties London is a joy and Maggie is the kind of heroine we can all root for * Yours magazine *

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A former journalist and midwife, Mandy Robotham swapped birth for books when her first novel was published in 2018. Since then, she has been a USA Today bestseller and a five times Globe and Mail bestseller, with seven historical dramas selling over a million copies. Branching out as M J Robotham, The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux was published in 2023 by Aria/Head of Zeus.

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