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I read this because I was looking for something set in Burkina Faso. Unfortunately I didn't really learn much about the place, its history or culture. Hopefully I can find another book set in this country to learn more.
American Spy is the story of a black woman named Marie who is an FBI agent. Unfortunately her career has stalled and it is apparent that she is not going to do anything more with the agency. Marie is frustrated and when offered a job with an outside agency, she takes it. Brought i ...more
American Spy is the story of a black woman named Marie who is an FBI agent. Unfortunately her career has stalled and it is apparent that she is not going to do anything more with the agency. Marie is frustrated and when offered a job with an outside agency, she takes it. Brought i ...more
I found this review on BookBrowse. I think it does a wonderful job of describing the highlights of this book.
It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club. Her career has stalled out, she's overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she's given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining ...more
It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club. Her career has stalled out, she's overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she's given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining ...more
Apr 29, 2022
GailW
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really liked it
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I really liked this book. It was almost too short for the full story. But when you stop to think about it, she wasn't writing a LeCarre or a Ludlum, where all the details are painstakingly given; she was writing a biography to her sons, to explain the reasons why they were likely to never see her again. It was a great premise and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This was a political thriller from a mother's and federal agent's point of view.
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Oct 24, 2018
Martha
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