About the book
\"FASCINATING . . . The dialogue is, as always, elegant and polished.\"
--Los Angeles Times
While guest-teaching a semester at Schuyler Law School, Kate Fansler gets to know an extraordinary secretary named Harriet, who patterns her life after John le Carré's character George Smiley. Harriet reveals that Schuyler has some serious skeletons swinging in its perfectly appointed closets, including the fate of Schuyler's only tenured female professor and a faculty wife who has killed her husband. As if Kate doesn't have enough to tackle, she is also up against the men who comprise the faculty of Schuyler itself--a thoroughly unapologetic bastion of white male power, mediocrity, and misogyny. Although she has only a few months on campus, Kate refuses to let Schuyler's rigid ideals and insistence on secrecy suppress her indefatigable curiosity--or her obsession with the truth. . . .
\"Cross manages to keep this book as lighthearted and witty as any of the Kate Fansler mysteries, while depicting an institution as lethal as any cold war.\"
--Marilyn French
\"A funny, snappish polemic on political correctitude that takes great relish in Kate's sardonic views.\"
--The New York Times Book Review
Editions of An Imperfect Spy
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780345389176
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345390059
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345464934
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307802156
Read an Excerpt
\"FASCINATING . . . The dialogue is, as always, elegant and polished.\"
--Los Angeles Times
While guest-teaching a semester at Schuyler Law School, Kate Fansler gets to know an extraordinary secretary named Harriet, who patterns her life after John le Carré's character George Smiley. Harriet reveals that Schuyler has some serious skeletons swinging in its perfectly appointed closets, including the fate of Schuyler's only tenured female professor and a faculty wife who has killed her husband. As if Kate doesn't have enough to tackle, she is also up against the men who comprise the faculty of Schuyler itself--a thoroughly unapologetic bastion of white male power, mediocrity, and misogyny. Although she has only a few months on campus, Kate refuses to let Schuyler's rigid ideals and insistence on secrecy suppress her indefatigable curiosity--or her obsession with the truth. . . .
\"Cross manages to keep this book as lighthearted and witty as any of the Kate Fansler mysteries, while depicting an institution as lethal as any cold war.\"
--Marilyn French
\"A funny, snappish polemic on political correctitude that takes great relish in Kate's sardonic views.\"
--The New York Times Book Review
Frequently Asked Questions
What is An Imperfect Spy about?
\"FASCINATING . . . The dialogue is, as always, elegant and polished.\"
--Los Angeles Times
While guest-teaching a semester at Schuyler Law School, Kate Fansler gets to know an extraordinary secretary named Harriet, who patterns her life after John le Carré's character George Smiley. Harriet reveals that Schuyler has some serious skeletons swinging in its perfectly appointed closets, including the fate of Schuyler's only tenured female professor and a faculty wife who has killed her husband. As if Kate doesn't have enough to tackle, she is also up against the men who comprise the faculty of Schuyler itself--a thoroughly unapologetic bastion of white male power, mediocrity, and misogyny. Although she has only a few months on campus, Kate refuses to let Schuyler's rigid ideals and insistence on secrecy suppress her indefatigable curiosity--or her obsession with the truth. . . .
\"Cross manages to keep this book as lighthearted and witty as any of the Kate Fansler mysteries, while depicting an institution as lethal as any cold war.\"
--Marilyn French
\"A funny, snappish polemic on political correctitude that takes great relish in Kate's sardonic views.\"
--The New York Times Book Review
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in An Imperfect Spy?
Fiction > Crime and / or mystery fiction > Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Where can I read a sample of An Imperfect Spy?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780345389176
Is An Imperfect Spy part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Kate Fansler
Who is/are the Author/s of the book An Imperfect Spy?
Amanda Cross
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
An Imperfect Spy is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780345389176) and paperback(ISBN 9780345390059) and paperback(ISBN 9780345464934) and ebook(ISBN 9780307802156)
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