
I, Spy
A Novel
L. M. Kemp(Author)
Minotaur Books,US (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 22. June 2026
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-250-42036-7 (ISBN)
Description
Kendal Carter is out in the
cold and she wouldn't have it any other way. It's been four years since her
daughter Rosie was born and Kendal has kept her miles away from the danger of
her former life as a spy. But when their hiding place is discovered, Kendal is
forced to turn to old contacts for help. Her longtime friend and ex-handler
Rico doesn't miss his chance to pull his best spy back in. Whisking them to
London, Rico offers them a luxury safe house in an area with good schools. How
can Kendal resist?
But there's a catch, of course. Rico wants Kendal to come back to work for his
espionage agency Bon Temps. He's offering an assignment with no apparent
downside, investigating one of the dads at Rosie's new school who works at one
of London's biggest, murkiest tech firms and suspected of being up to no good.
It should be easy enough for someone with her experience, and luckily, mother
is the perfect cover.
However, it doesn't take long for Kendal to realize that Rico's got an agenda
of his own. The tech firm may be dealing in darker and more deadly secrets than
they all realize, plus the world of coffee mornings and playdates comes with
its own web of allegiances and betrayals. Kendal soon finds herself in way too
deep . . .
A gripping blend of suspenseful spy thriller with heartfelt women's fiction, I,
Spy is the first in a propulsive debut series about the masks we all wear,
whether as a spy or as a parent.
cold and she wouldn't have it any other way. It's been four years since her
daughter Rosie was born and Kendal has kept her miles away from the danger of
her former life as a spy. But when their hiding place is discovered, Kendal is
forced to turn to old contacts for help. Her longtime friend and ex-handler
Rico doesn't miss his chance to pull his best spy back in. Whisking them to
London, Rico offers them a luxury safe house in an area with good schools. How
can Kendal resist?
But there's a catch, of course. Rico wants Kendal to come back to work for his
espionage agency Bon Temps. He's offering an assignment with no apparent
downside, investigating one of the dads at Rosie's new school who works at one
of London's biggest, murkiest tech firms and suspected of being up to no good.
It should be easy enough for someone with her experience, and luckily, mother
is the perfect cover.
However, it doesn't take long for Kendal to realize that Rico's got an agenda
of his own. The tech firm may be dealing in darker and more deadly secrets than
they all realize, plus the world of coffee mornings and playdates comes with
its own web of allegiances and betrayals. Kendal soon finds herself in way too
deep . . .
A gripping blend of suspenseful spy thriller with heartfelt women's fiction, I,
Spy is the first in a propulsive debut series about the masks we all wear,
whether as a spy or as a parent.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
St Martin's Press
Dimensions
Height: 168 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-42036-7 (9781250420367)
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L. M. KEMP lives and works in upstate London (Essex). She writes for a vast variety of creative, cultural, corporate and clandestine clients: most recently co-authoring personalized books for Wonderbly; reviewing pilot episodes, cheap perfumes and random Instagram accounts for Ralph; and editing lengthy and devastating reports for Greenpeace. For the last two years her work has been dominated by the research and development of I, Spy and a deep dive into the murky world of modern spycraft.