The Nursery
A truly addictive high-paced thriller
Published on 16. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78512-684-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Asia Mackay continues to blaze a trail through the spy genre' Chris Whitaker
'Funny, tense, and thrilling' Claire McGowan
'Fast, fresh and interesting' The Crime Review
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She's not here to play.
Lex Tyler is trying to have it all, but being a working mother is so much more difficult when you're a secret agent for an underground branch of the security services.
Platform Eight have been tasked with tracking down and eliminating the traitor in MI6 who has been selling information to the highest bidder through a website that connects intelligence operatives with all manner of bad people at a simple right swipe.
Deals get made. Secrets get sold. Missions fail. And agents die.
It's down to Lex and her team to identify and eliminate the traitor before they cause a huge international incident. But when your husband doesn't know what your job entails and the future of the intelligence services rests on your shoulders, can she save the day and make it home in time for bedtime?
'Funny, tense, and thrilling' Claire McGowan
'Fast, fresh and interesting' The Crime Review
***
She's not here to play.
Lex Tyler is trying to have it all, but being a working mother is so much more difficult when you're a secret agent for an underground branch of the security services.
Platform Eight have been tasked with tracking down and eliminating the traitor in MI6 who has been selling information to the highest bidder through a website that connects intelligence operatives with all manner of bad people at a simple right swipe.
Deals get made. Secrets get sold. Missions fail. And agents die.
It's down to Lex and her team to identify and eliminate the traitor before they cause a huge international incident. But when your husband doesn't know what your job entails and the future of the intelligence services rests on your shoulders, can she save the day and make it home in time for bedtime?
Reviews / Votes
'Asia Mackay continues to blaze a trail through the spy genre' - Chris Whitaker'Funny, tense, and thrilling' - Claire McGowan
'Fast, fresh and interesting' - The Crime Review
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bonnier Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78512-684-0 (9781785126840)
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Person
Asia Mackay is a Chinese Scottish author and mother of four based in London. Asia studied Anthropology at Durham University, after which she started a career in television. She presented and produced lifestyle programmes in Shanghai before moving back to London, where she worked for Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as Project Manager on their round the world motorbike documentaries. Killing It, her debut novel, was the First Runner Up in Richard and Judy's Search for a Bestseller competition and First Runner Up for the Comedy Women In Print prize.