The Mad Honey Murders
(2024)(The first book in the Mr. & Mrs. Jones Spy series)
A novel by Sara M Barton
Meet Penny and Peregrine Jones: two retired spies with time on their hands and decades of experience thwarting Russian spies during the Cold War.
When Perry, as he’s known, insists on coming out of retirement, Penny balks. She needs that hip surgery. They’re over the hill. How can they escape if they can’t run, can’t see, and can’t hot wire an electric car?
But off they go to London, on a mission to network with MI6 and vet a potential asset who could help the CIA and MI6 to penetrate the Russian oligarchy circle connected to Putin.
Now using the covers of Lord and Lady Jones of Watchingwell on the Isle of Wight, they tail Elizabeth to Wimbledon, only to find her being stalked by two dangerous ex-KGB spies, also “unretired”. When former MI5 head Dame Eleanora Marbury falls ill in the stands just yards away from Elizabeth, Penny and Perry fear it’s a Russian active measure.
Like Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence, Penny and Perry are determined to get to the bottom of this espionage case. This “who-dun-what” cozy mystery will appeal to fans of Anthony Horowitz and Robert Thorogood.
Genre: Mystery
When Perry, as he’s known, insists on coming out of retirement, Penny balks. She needs that hip surgery. They’re over the hill. How can they escape if they can’t run, can’t see, and can’t hot wire an electric car?
But off they go to London, on a mission to network with MI6 and vet a potential asset who could help the CIA and MI6 to penetrate the Russian oligarchy circle connected to Putin.
Now using the covers of Lord and Lady Jones of Watchingwell on the Isle of Wight, they tail Elizabeth to Wimbledon, only to find her being stalked by two dangerous ex-KGB spies, also “unretired”. When former MI5 head Dame Eleanora Marbury falls ill in the stands just yards away from Elizabeth, Penny and Perry fear it’s a Russian active measure.
Like Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence, Penny and Perry are determined to get to the bottom of this espionage case. This “who-dun-what” cozy mystery will appeal to fans of Anthony Horowitz and Robert Thorogood.
Genre: Mystery
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