Name: Alias Emma
Rating: 3.7 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9781529157796

Ava Glass

Book One in the Alias Emma series

Alias Emma

“A thrilling read . . . I could not have loved it more.”—LISA JEWELL
“Emma Makepeace is a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle.”—JAMES PATTERSON

In this breakneck, race-against-the-clock thriller, a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras. Can she make it without being spotted . . . or killed?

Nothing about Emma Makepeace is real. Not even her name.
 
A newly minted secret agent, Emma's barely graduated from basic training when she gets the call for her first major assignment. Eager to serve her country and prove her worth, she dives in headfirst.
 
Emma must covertly travel across one of the world’s most watched cities to bring the reluctant—and handsome—son of Russian dissidents into protective custody, so long as the assassins from the Motherland don’t find him first. With London’s famous Ring of Steel hacked by the Russian government, the two must cross the city without being seen by the hundreds of thousands of CCTV cameras that document every inch of the city’s streets, alleys, and gutters.
 
Buses, subways, cars, and trains are out of the question. Traveling on foot, and operating without phones or bank cards that could reveal their location or identity, they have twelve hours to make it to safety. This will take all of Emma’s skills of disguise and subterfuge. But when Emma’s handler goes dark, there’s no one left to trust. And just one wrong move will get them both killed.

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Fun, exciting, fast-paced, everything you would want from a spy action movie. If you're looking for the deep lore and mystery, this is the wrong book, but if you're looking for something akin to Red or James Bond, this is the perfect thing for you. 

Kate B-L

I love a good spy book and if it can have a good dose of humour too then I'm hooked.  This was my first read from this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  There are spies, competing agencies, fraught allies and assassins chasing our MC's across London.

Emma is anewly fledged agent of the Vernon Institute and has a bit of a history with the GRU agents who attempt to trap and return Russian defectors, sometimes the returnees are of the dead variety. She's been ordered to have pediatric oncologist Michael Primalov report to an MI6 safe house. The Russians are after Michael‘s mother Elena, who fled to the west 2 decades ago. She's got no backup and all communications have gone dark.  What's a new Jemima Bond to do?

An absolute roller-coaster ride of action, adventure, enemies to allies, heart-thumping thriller. There are traps for the courageous duo to fall into and escape and nothing is quite as straight-forward as it may seem. The ending will leave you with a satisfying taste of vengeance!

I received an early reader copy from NetGalley and Random House and this is my honest and voluntary review.

Nicola Sarah Brooks

I love a good spy book and if it can have a good dose of humour too then I'm hooked.  This was my first read from this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  There are spies, competing agencies, fraught allies and assassins chasing our MC's across London.

Emma is anewly fledged agent of the Vernon Institute and has a bit of a history with the GRU agents who attempt to trap and return Russian defectors, sometimes the returnees are of the dead variety. She's been ordered to have pediatric oncologist Michael Primalov report to an MI6 safe house. The Russians are after Michael‘s mother Elena, who fled to the west 2 decades ago. She's got no backup and all communications have gone dark.  What's a new Jemima Bond to do?

An absolute roller-coaster ride of action, adventure, enemies to allies, heart-thumping thriller. There are traps for the courageous duo to fall into and escape and nothing is quite as straight-forward as it may seem. The ending will leave you with a satisfying taste of vengeance!

I received an early reader copy from NetGalley and Random House and this is my honest and voluntary review.

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“A thrilling read . . . I could not have loved it more.”—LISA JEWELL “Emma Makepeace is a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle.”—JAMES PATTERSON In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” (CrimeReads), a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras. Can she make it without being spotted . . . or killed? ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, CrimeReads, Library Journal Nothing about Emma Makepeace is real. Not even her name. A newly minted secret agent, Emma's barely graduated from basic training when she gets the call for her first major assignment. Eager to serve her country and prove her worth, she dives in headfirst. Emma must covertly travel across one of the world’s most watched cities to bring the reluctant—and handsome—son of Russian dissidents into protective custody, so long as the assassins from the Motherland don’t find him first. With London’s famous Ring of Steel hacked by the Russian government, the two must cross the city without being seen by the hundreds of thousands of CCTV cameras that document every inch of the city’s streets, alleys, and gutters. Buses, subways, cars, and trains are out of the question. Traveling on foot, and operating without phones or bank cards that could reveal their location or identity, they have twelve hours to make it to safety. This will take all of Emma’s skills of disguise and subterfuge. But when Emma’s handler goes dark, there’s no one left to trust. And just one wrong move will get them both killed.

Alias Emma Book One in the Alias Emma series

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