Desperate Spies
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
Badass 75-year-old retired FBI agent Ethel Fiona Crestwater is back—stalking mobsters, dodging bullets, and pulling off Bond-worthy moves as she tracks down missing state secrets in this fun and pacy new installment in the Secret Lives mystery series
“Ethel’s adventures will appeal to fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series and Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age”—Library Journal Starred Review
“Ethel looks like Marple but acts like Marlowe”—Kirkus Reviews
“Plucky Ethel is an elderly Nancy Drew”—Publishers Weekly
For seventy-five-year-old former FBI agent Ethel Fiona Crestwater, her age is nothing but an advantage when it comes to ferreting out secrets. Who's going to notice the little old woman in the corner? Besides, Ethel might be officially retired, but she knows everyone in DC law enforcement—and is smarter than all of them combined.
When a former colleague asks Ethel for help, she agrees without a second thought. But the favor throws Ethel back eighteen years, to the botched sting operation that resulted in the murder of an innocent young woman by a Russian gangster—and nearly ended Ethel’s own life too.
Soon, Ethel and her young tech-whizz sidekick Jesse, her double-first-cousin-twice-removed, find themselves in the crosshairs of some very bad—and very desperate—men who’ll do anything to get their hands on the state secrets they’re seeking. Ethel will have to use all the skills she’s learned during her long career if she’s to save the day, and keep both herself and her beloved cousin alive.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
De Castrique's third spy thriller featuring spunky retired FBI agent Ethel Fiona Crestwater (after Dangerous Women) is a high-energy delight. At 75, Ethel may be officially out of the game, but she still teams up with her college-aged cousin, Jesse, to conduct occasional investigations. The past comes calling when Ethel's old FBI colleague asks her to meet with mob-connected lawyer Tony Bagatelos, who's murdered promptly after telling Ethel that one of his contacts is out to kill her. The conundrum throws Ethel back to her last mission with the Bureau 18 years earlier, in which she almost died. While Ethel tries to assess the current threat to her life, Jesse is kidnapped. Determined to keep the FBI as far from the case as possible, Ethel draws on her old intelligence contacts to help get Jesse back. Though Ethel's age might lead readers to suspect they're entering cozy territory, this is more of a traditional spy thriller, with enough violence and double-crossing to satisfy serious fans of the genre (and just enough levity to win over skeptics). This series continues to impress.
