Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy by Faye Brann

I would really be interested in a prequel based on Vicky’s life as a spy.

This added more context and background to Vicky’s character. It was also interesting to learn more about Vicky’s life before she was married and had children and her past assignments. There were a few hair raising moments when Vicky was under cover and trying to obtain information, especially when a ghost from the past made reappearance. However, it was also clear that she missed her former life and she fell back into her old role very quickly and easily. You could tell from the first chapter during the paintball event that Vicky had the makings or was a covert agent and that she’d not lost any of her skills. Vicky is such a likeable character and hilarious, it was hard not to like her from the beginning.

A mum who’s a spy is just a brilliant concept and kept me entertained from start to finish. It was funny, light and full of suspense. The book arrived just before the weekend and it was the perfect weekend read. Does Vicky still have what it takes to be a spy? Once she is back in her former spy life which life will she choose? But Vicky very quickly dusts down her spy skills and off she goes. So she is very surprised when her former employer, MI5 reaches out with a new assignment that is a little too close to her home life. She’s a former spy who somewhat retired 14 years ago after having her first child. Vicky Turnbull is not an ordinary housewife and mother.

When the assignment gets uncomfortably close to home, Vicky must decide if she has got what the job takes after all, and if home is really where her heart is… My Review So, when a newcomer on the PTA sets alarms bells ringing and MI5 comes calling, she’s determined to prove that despite her expanding waistline and love of pink gin, she’s still every bit the cold-eyed special operative. Not even her husband, and certainly not the other mums at the school gate.īut beneath the school runs and bake sales, Vicky had never quite said goodbye to the past. And apart from being outstandingly good at paintball, no one would ever know that in a past life she was an undercover spy and has been trained to kill a man with her bare hands. Vicky Turnbull has never regretted giving up her career for family life in the suburbs.

Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy by Faye Brann