Description
Every working mum has had to face it.
The guilt-fuelled, anxiety-filled first day back in the office after maternity leave.
But this working mum is one of a kind.
Meet Alexis Tyler.
An elite covert agent within Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Her first project back is a high-stakes hit of global significance and the old boys network of government espionage is far from ready for the return of an operational mother. But woe betide anyone who ever tells Alexis Tyler 'you can't'.
She will have it all. Or she'll die trying . . . And yes, she damn well will be home for bath time.
Review
I felt like a more light hearted read so reached for this book. At first I thought it was going to be just a little too fluffly for my liking as trained killer Alexis reached for her gun and a half eaten rice cake was stuck to the barrel.
The book then went through the usual back to work hang ups any new Mother experiences, together with the male colleagues who just don't get it, and it seemed like any other yummy mummy novel. However, Alexis begins to pepper the narrative with insights from her working life for The Platform part of the Secret Service; such as what a signal failure on the tube really means!
Her first assignment back at work involves getting information from the wife of a rich Russian. As Alexis has a baby now it is decided she has the ultimate cover story to infiltrate the circle of Mothers the lady hangs out with. Weren't they going to let her out in the "real field" anymore I wondered, was this going to be extent of her spying from now on, after having experienced some very high level maneuvers in the past.
The book then quite quickly became more Jane Bond than yummy Mummy and I seriously began to feel a little scared at what Alexis was doing working as a spy. The novel really became a thriller with the fact that Alexis was also a Mummy - so she had the worry of what might happen to baby Gigi if the bad guys caught up with her.
With a lot of humour throughout and most of it relate-able to any female in the workplace let alone a Mummy this was a great tale. Really gripping edge of the seat stuff towards the end of the book felt more like a Jason Bourne novel and certainly not chick lit.
I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars and my thanks go to Netgalley for the ARC to review.
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