Charlotte Philby

People spying on people, spying on people is the theme here. Everyone is trying to be all unwittingly sneaky, and there is just so much of it, it distracts from the story. Not only did I have to fight my way to the final bitter end, it left me thinking what did I just read? And not in a good way. I wish I could have enjoyed this book more, but a woman giving up her happiness just to be what she considers herself a badass spy just left a lot to be desired as she was never as sneaky as what she thought. Infated ego, or just having that one person she couldn't have? She was not a likeable character, but neither was anybody else.… (meer)

Odd that Librarything and the ISBN number bring up this title. My copy of the book is titled 'A Double Life'. Nevertheless......although it involves spies, Moscow, the Foreign Office and the National Crime Agency this is not really a spy or a political thriller. It is a story of domestic duplicty told from the woman's point of view. Quite determinedly the woman's point of view. Not overtly a feminist novel but certainly one influenced by everyday feminism. Not bad but not what it says on the tin in terms of the publisher's publicity.… (meer)