Mrs Spy - M. J. Robotham

''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.

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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?

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''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