The Story: Kate Moore’s husband is offered a cushy job in Luxembourg, so they pack up their life in Washington, DC, and go. What no one in her life knows is that Kate–who up until the move seemed to be a pencil pusher at firm in Washington DC, and in Luxembourg is a stay-at-home mom–wasn’t just any pencil pusher but was in fact in the CIA. And soon enough, weird things start happening in Luxembourg that ping her CIA-dar. Another American couple moves to town, but they’re a little off. Kate’s husband’s business trips to other European countries begin to seem a little suspect. Soon enough, Kate finds herself relying on her skills from her days in the CIA as she tries to figure out what’s happening around her, and whether she or her husband are the target.
Why I read it: Storygraph recommended it to me, and it sounded interesting.
How I felt about it: I liked it, but I didn’t love it. The twists and turns were suspenseful and fun and kept me guessing. I loved the setting. My main complaints were the godawful editing, and the ending. The editing is so badly done. The story jumps around in time and sometimes it’s near impossible to tell which storyline you’re in, or even that you’ve jumped storylines at all. This made for a very confusing first half of the book. There’s also a couple points that made me roll my eyes. First, Kate was literally a CIA agent but somehow doesn’t notice a couple “spy” moves from other characters that were so obvious, they would’ve made the most trusting person on earth suspicious. And second, the husband of the other American couple is described as a total slime ball, but Kate is still attracted to him. And not just like, “Oh, he’s cute,” but she actually considers cheating on her husband with him. It didn’t fit with her character at all and felt weirdly shoehorned in. But, on the whole, this was a fun, quick, read, and I plan to read more from this author.