The Spies of Shilling Lane

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Call Number: Fiction / Ryan, Jennifer, Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Ryan, Jennifer
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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"Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her husband's selfish divorce petition. Never deterred, the threat of a family secret being revealed sets her hot-foot to London to find the only person she has left--her clever daughter Betty, who took work there at the first rumbles of war. But when she arrives, Betty's landlord, the timid Mr. Norris, informs her that Betty hasn't been home in days--with the chaos of the bombs, there's no telling what might have befallen her. Aghast, Mrs. Braithwaite sets her bullish determination to the task of finding her only daughter. Storming into the London Blitz, Mrs. Braithwaite drags the reluctant Mr. Norris along as an unwitting sidekick as they piece together Betty's unexpectedly chaotic life. As she is thrown into the midst of danger and death, Mrs. Braithwaite is forced to rethink her old-fashioned notions of status, class, and reputation, and to reconsider the question that's been puzzling her since her world overturned: How do you measure the success of your life?"-- Amazon.

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Almost didn't finish submitted by sara on June 29, 2019, 11:45am I almost stopped reading this book after the first chapter, but, I kept going, and I'm glad I did. It ended up being much better than it started out. Not a great book, but interesting.

Worth reading submitted by smgop on August 6, 2020, 6:28pm I had a hard time reading this in the beginning, but after persevering I'm glad I read it all the way through.

feel good "cozy" spy story submitted by camelsamba on August 11, 2022, 10:37pm I've recently been reading spy books written by former spies, so many details in this story felt unrealistic. For example, the fact that these two amateurs are following MI-5 agents without being detected. Or that Betty and Baxter reveal so much of the operation to her mom and Mr Norris. But at the same time, I enjoy the genre that I think of as "cozy spy" novels. (See also: Mrs. Pollifax.) And that's where this lands: cozy spy. It's very much a feel good story. (Except the parts which reveal the horrors of living through the blitz.) There's lots of personal growth, kind of in a sappy way, but even so – I felt good at the end.