A review by disassociated
The Reluctant Spy by Holly Kerr Forsyth

3.0

[2.5 stars] I believe the author is an accomplished journalist and academic writer, but this is her first work of fiction. While highly readable, it took me 4-5 evenings to complete, I was left wondering what the point of the story was. Rachel, the protagonist, suffers two significant setbacks, one quite random, the other through her own lack of caution, but seems to bounce back relatively quickly, and resume her enviously prefect life. A bit more grit, and genuine hardship, might have made this a more substantial read. Had to laugh though, we went to Catalina at Rose Bay for lunch, the day before I read about Rachel's visit there! I'd still be keen to read further works of fiction by this author.