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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.
Genre: Women Sleuths
What readers and critics are saying
★★★★★Senior detectives are all the rage right now, and Ethel Crestwater is one of the best. Perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club series
★★★★★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
★★★★★Fans of elderly sleuths will enjoy this political thriller, as well as Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series and Deanna Rayborn’s Killers of a Certain Age
★★★★★A lively mystery with a droll dynamic duo at its core
★★★★★Brilliantly intriguing . . . a marvelously complex puzzle . . . Desperate Spies is simply an excellent way to meet Mark de Castrique.
★★★★★Politics and climate issues are entangled in a complex case that still has moments of humor. Ethel’s adventures will appeal to fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series and Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age
★★★★★A bewitching political thriller . . . Ethel is perfectly drawn, an endearing heroine who’s clever and capable without being preternaturally competent
★★★★★An elderly sleuth who looks like Marple but acts like Marlowe . . . An appealing hybrid of cozy mystery and P.I. caper
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