His Quiet Agent

His Quiet Agent (2017) Ada Maria Soto (The Agency Book 1)

“Do you have anyone running a Super Bowl pool up here?” Arthur hated football but he couldn’t handle another sideways promotion, even if that meant sticking his head up.

“Agent Sims used to do it, but he bashed a fax machine to death with a three-hole punch, then quit. So, that’s an open position, as it were.”

“Hi, could I-”

“Lesbian.” The woman didn’t even look up from her yogurt.

“What?”

“You’ve spent the last two weeks flashing a charming smile and looking over everyone here. Lesbian, you don’t stand a chance, so don’t bother.”

Arthur blinked at her. He was pretty sure he’d never been called charming by anyone ever and it never remotely occurred to him that what he was doing might be coming across as anything other than awkwardly friendly.

Arthur held out his hand as he sat. “Arthur-”

“Drams. Twenty-Nine, Analyst Level Two. Three illegitimate half-sisters. Bachelors in Social Anthropology, Masters in World Economies. Conversational Spanish, French and Vietnamese, though heavily accented and the French is dated as to be useless to the Agency. Certificate in Portuguese, both European and Brazilian varieties.”

…

“I also enjoy classic Film Noir and have read every Robert Asprin book. Even the bad ones where he was phoning it in.”

“So…” he dragged out the word, not sure what he was supposed to do in the face of twenty children and the fact that The Alien was apparently the Saturday children’s library storyteller. “Where are we?”

“We’re at line 189, the start of section three,” a little girl at the front volunteered.

Characters: Arthur Drams, Martin Grove, Carol Jones, Jennifer, Jennine, Jason Drams, Faith Drams, Hanh, Sonia, Roselyne, Yvette, Amy, Agent Collins, Doctor Keith

Cover designed by Tiferet Design

Publisher: Rookery Publishing

Rating: 9/10

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