A Lady's Handbook of Espionage
By (Author) Katrina Kendrick
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Aria
2nd December 2025
4th September 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Romantic suspense
Espionage and spy thriller
823.92
Paperback
368
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Two masters of deception. One dangerous game. In this deadly dance of espionage and seduction, one misstep could be their last.
He is Her Majestys most lethal weapon.
Ronan Callahan shed his criminal past to rise through the ranks as the Crowns deadliest spy. But for years, hes always been a step behind the elusive thief known as Spectre, a cunning woman who has led him on a cat-and-mouse chase across the globe.
She is the underworlds most wanted mastermind.
Isabel Dumont clawed her way from the gutters of Paris to become the Syndicates most skilled operative. But when she betrays the very criminal empire that forged her, shes forced to ally with the spy she once outwitted.
Thrust into an uneasy partnership, these rival operatives plunge into an undercover mission to dismantle the Syndicate. As bodies pile up and the passion ignites, they navigate a world where loyalty is a death sentence and trust is a fatal weaknessand the price of failure is paid in blood.
Katrina Kendrick is the romance pen name for Sunday Times bestselling science fiction and fantasy author Elizabeth May. She is Californian by birth and Scottish by choice, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of St Andrews. She currently resides on an old farm in rural Scotland with her husband, three cats, and a lively hive of resident honey bees.