In this stand-alone spy story, Penny and Peregrine Jones, CIA ‘un-retirees’, are off to Gstaad at Christmas to handle a dangerous dead drop. But something happens at the Lausanne train station. Something bad enough that Perry announces he wants a divorce. Is it a ruse?
When he unexpectedly disappears into the crowd, Penny’s left to fend for herself. Suddenly, she realizes she’s on somebody’s radar. Is it the Russian SVR or the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service tracking her? Seeking a chocolate fix, she heads to Gstaad’s famous Pedestrianized Promenade and Shopping Mile, hoping to cheer herself. Instead, she’s mugged and ends up in the emergency room on Christmas Eve. Reunited with Perry, they’re flummoxed by the attack on her. What’s so special about Penny’s Kindle e-Reader? Why does the SVR want it? Why does it keep getting stolen from her? Does it have something to do with the CIA’s dead drop?
With so many Russian spies hot on Penny and Perry’s trail, they’re forced to call in reinforcements in the form of ‘Black Ford Oakes’ and ‘My Little Margie’, two retired CIA operations officers, and ‘Jock''', their MI6 friend, to help manage a royal custard fluck of epic proportions. Their task? Hide the CIA’s high-value Russian asset while providing MI6 with a valuable pair of Russian assets inside the UN’s Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations and the German Mission for the Conference on Disarmament.
Like fictional spy-catching heroes Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Penny and Perry are determined to get to the bottom of this espionage case. This ‘who-dun-what’ cozy mystery will appeal to fans of Anthony Horowitz, Robert Thorogood, and Agatha Christie.
Genre: Mystery
When he unexpectedly disappears into the crowd, Penny’s left to fend for herself. Suddenly, she realizes she’s on somebody’s radar. Is it the Russian SVR or the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service tracking her? Seeking a chocolate fix, she heads to Gstaad’s famous Pedestrianized Promenade and Shopping Mile, hoping to cheer herself. Instead, she’s mugged and ends up in the emergency room on Christmas Eve. Reunited with Perry, they’re flummoxed by the attack on her. What’s so special about Penny’s Kindle e-Reader? Why does the SVR want it? Why does it keep getting stolen from her? Does it have something to do with the CIA’s dead drop?
With so many Russian spies hot on Penny and Perry’s trail, they’re forced to call in reinforcements in the form of ‘Black Ford Oakes’ and ‘My Little Margie’, two retired CIA operations officers, and ‘Jock''', their MI6 friend, to help manage a royal custard fluck of epic proportions. Their task? Hide the CIA’s high-value Russian asset while providing MI6 with a valuable pair of Russian assets inside the UN’s Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations and the German Mission for the Conference on Disarmament.
Like fictional spy-catching heroes Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Penny and Perry are determined to get to the bottom of this espionage case. This ‘who-dun-what’ cozy mystery will appeal to fans of Anthony Horowitz, Robert Thorogood, and Agatha Christie.
Genre: Mystery
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