Description: 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. Perfect for fans of BLACK DOVES and SLOW HORSES - M.J. Robotham is the female answer to Mick Herron.
Brief description: M J Robotham saw herself as an aspiring author from childhood, but was waylaid by journalism, birth, children and life. After twenty years as a midwife and a Creative Writing MA, she is a full-time author, writing historical fiction as Mandy Robotham. She lives in Gloucestershire with her partner.
Review Quotes:
"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 "Written with style and flair. It is funny, thrilling, and at times unexpectedly moving. I loved it. Highly recommended" --Promoting Crime Fiction