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.

'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

"If you liked Netflix’s Black Doves, you might enjoy this. Good fun" - The Gloss Magazine

"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

"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