Former CIA ops officer now novelist Ilana Berry is a fan. How about you?.
CIA case
officer, lawyer, now acclaimed first-time novelist—Ilana Berry has done a lot
in her handful of decades on this Earth.
And
she’s a longtime SpyTalk fan.
“SpyTalk
is my news wellspring for all things espionage,” she says. “Deep, thoughtful,
balanced coverage, plus interesting angles and insider perspectives you rarely
find in mainstream media.”
“It's
singular,” she raves on. “There's literally no other news source I know of
that's so focused on intelligence-related news."
Wow.
Music to our ears.
Last
summer Berry’s debut novel, The Peacock and the Sparrow, arrived to
enthusiastic notices. Our expert reviewer loved it, writing that “Berry’s background as a former CIA
operations officer and her familiarity with the ground truth there gives the
story and her characters genuine believability.”
But that
was just the start. In short order The Peacock and the Sparrow would be named a
best book of the year by both The New Yorker and NPR, and nominated for an
Edgar Award (the highest honor in the mystery book world, named after that
Raven guy) in the category of Best First Novel.
So it
hardly needs saying that it’s an honor to have her as a paid subscriber, let
alone volunteering to offer this testimonial.
How
about you? Please do consider joining the SpyTalk family of devoted readers,
now spanning all 50 states and 183 countries.
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