In "Past Perfect, " Susan Isaacs gives us one of her most glorious
characters ever: bright, buoyant, and borderline luscious Katie
Schottland. Katie seems to have the ideal life: a great husband, a
precocious and winning ten-year-old son, and a dream job -- writer
for the long-running TV series "Spy Guys." But all is not as
splendid as it should be because writing about the espionage
business isn't nearly as satisfying as working in it.
Fifteen years earlier, Katie was in the CIA. She loved her job
(to say nothing of her boss, the mysterious Benton Mattingly). Yet
just as she was sensing she was in line for a promotion, she was
fired -- escorted off the premises by two extremely hulking
security types. Why? No one would tell her: when you're expelled
from the Agency, warm friends immediately become icy ex-colleagues
who won't risk their security clearances by talking to you.
Until that day, Katie was where she wanted to be. Coming from a
family of Manhattan superachievers, she too had a job she not only
adored but a job that made her, in the family tradition, a Someone.
Fifteen years later, Katie is still stuck on her firing. Was she
set up? Or did she make some terrible mistake that cost lives? She
believes that if she could discover why they threw her out, she
might be at peace.
On the day she's rushing to get her son off to summer camp,
Katie gets a surprise call from former Agency colleague Lisa
Golding. "A matter of national importance," says Lisa, who promises
to reveal the truth about the firing -- "if" Katie will help her.
Lisa was never very good at truth-telling, though she swears she's
changed her ways. Katie agrees to speak with her, but before she
can, Lisa vanishes.
Maturity and common sense should keep Katie in the bright,
normal world of her present life, away from the dark intrigues of
the past. But she needs to know. As she takes just a few steps to
find out, one ex-spy who might have the answers dies under
suspicious circumstances. Another former agent is murdered. Could
it be there's a list? If so, is Katie now on it? And who will be
the next to go?
General
| Imprint: |
Scribner Book Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2008 |
| First published: |
June 2008 |
| Authors: |
Susan Isaacs
|
| Dimensions: |
204 x 135 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
368 |
| Edition: |
Canadian ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4165-7208-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-4165-7208-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781416572084 |
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