Asia Mackay
Autor de Killing It
Obras de Asia Mackay
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Mackay-Trotter, Asia Brooke
- Otros nombres
- Mackay-Trotter, Asia
Mackay-Trotter, Asia Brooke
Mackay, Asia Brooke (birth name) - Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Chiswick, London, England, UK - Educación
- Durham University (Anthropology)
Faber Academy writing course - Ocupaciones
- television presenter
television project manager
television producer - Agente
- Alice Lutyens (Curtis Brown)
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 45
- Popularidad
- #340,917
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 13
Going back to work after maternity leave isn't unusual. Thousands, millions even, of women do it. But, Alexis Tyler is mum to rosy-cheeked, squiggy-cheeked, all-round scrummy little Gigi…in one life. In her other, secret, unbeknownst-to-husband-Will life, she's a highly trained secret agent, risking her life for queen and country, killing whoever needs to be eliminated in the interests of national security. And day one back on job means being thrown right back in at the deep end with a dangerous assignment. That's absolutely fine as long as she can get home to say nighty night to her most treasured possession.
Despite the element of domesticity this was a thriller and a half: fast-paced, gripping, compelling. At the heart of it, is Alexis: dedicated to her job, the best at what she does, fiercely protective of those she loves and vehemently dismissive of the words 'can't' and 'no'.
I really should knock off a star for the rather slack editing, but I really enjoyed the book. It was very evident that the author is a mother and infused the necessary credibility to the work-family tug-of-war Alexis faced. The ending is cheekily tantalising, which means I'll certainly be reading the next Alexis Tyler book.… (más)