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Spy High: A midlife thriller with humor and heart (The Never Say Spy Series Book 9) Kindle Edition

by Diane Henders (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 363 ratings
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“Fierce and fantastic – a totally different type of heroine who keeps you clinging to the edge of your seat!”

…If a kickass middle-aged bookkeeper got sucked into a spy’s life…

After four uneventful months spent guarding her boss’s eccentric hippie parents on an isolated raincoast commune, bookkeeper-turned-secret-agent Aydan Kelly is beginning to hope mildewed undies will be the only hazard she’ll face.

But some of the blissed-out flower children are not what they seem. Aydan discovers a plot to kill her lovable charges, and in her fight to protect them she unearths the commune’s deepest secret. Suddenly she’s facing dozens of enemies who threaten the lives of all the innocent commune members as well as her own. She’ll only survive with a little help from her friends…

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Contains coarse language, consensual sex, and moderate violence including threat (but not completion) of sexual violence. The story can stand alone but will be more enjoyable if the series is read in order.

Themes: thriller, midlife, series, action-packed, humorous, strong tough female lead, racy & risque, espionage, amateur sleuth, secret agent, small town, technothriller, adventure, mystery, spy thriller series, women sleuths series, mystery series

“If Janet Evanovich’s quirky humour met Robert Ludlum’s taut thrillers, the Never Say Spy series would be their love child: racy, fun, and action-packed.”

Books in the series:
Book 1: Never Say Spy
Book 2: The Spy Is Cast
Book 3: Reach For The Spy
Book 4: Tell Me No Spies
Book 5: How Spy I Am
Book 6: A Spy For A Spy
Book 7: Spy, Spy Away
Book 8: Spy Now, Pay Later
Book 9: Spy High
Book 10: Spy Away Home
Book 11: The Spies That Bind
Book 12: Kiss And Say Good Spy
Book 13: Once Burned, Twice Spy
Book 14: Friends In Spy Places
Book 15: A Spy For Help
Book 16: Spy In The Sky
Book 17: Live And Let Spy
More books coming...

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    The Never Say Spy Series
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    434 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    January 15, 2015
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    2306 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00SC7DO0G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PEBKAC Publishing Inc.; 8th edition (January 15, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 15, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2306 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 434 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 363 ratings

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Diane Henders

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Before I started writing fiction, I had a checkered career: technical writer, computer geek, and interior designer. I’m good at two out of three of those. Fortunately, I had the sense to quit the one I sucked at (interior design).

When my mid-life crisis hit, I took up muay thai and started writing sexy thrillers featuring a middle-aged female protagonist. (‘Walter Mitty’, you say? Nope, never heard of him.)

Writing and kicking/punching things seemed much more productive than typical mid-life-crisis activities like getting a divorce, buying a Harley Crossbones, and cruising across the country picking up men in sleazy bars; especially since it’s winter most months of the year here in Canada.

Besides, I still love my husband more than I love food and drink (which is a LOT). Plus, my computer chair is cheaper, quieter, and more comfortable than a Harley.

These days, I get all the adrenaline rush I could ever want by growing fruit trees on bear-infested Vancouver Island.

Diane Henders

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Myra
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Home Run in the "Spy" series
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2015
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Just keeps getting better with each installment. Any one of these stories could stand on its own, they are that good. This story sees Ayden sent to a hippie commune to keep an eye on, of all things, Stemp's (her boss) parents. The reason being he's afraid information may have leaked and they may be in danger. I found it intriguing and fascinating. There was humor along the line in all the right places and, while for a bit, the story is calmly and sort of peacefully rolling along while Ayden keeps her eyes peeled for bad guys or suspicious goings on. At the right place the pace kicks up, things begin to unravel, friends and old colleagues show up and as the saying goes, "all Hell breaks loose". This installment has all the right pacing of the best of mystery novels. The suspense is top notch, the humor is perfectly balanced with the intensity of the moments. Each character is so well defined that you can't help but know them as if they were old friends, or enemies, whichever floats! I was so caught up in this story that I couldn't put it down. Well, I felt that way about the others too, but I'm just saying, this one is also flawless. I'd highly recommend this to anyone. If it isn't your genre, it will be once read.
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FloraFan
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Spy Thriller/Romance Series!
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2015
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I love this series! I got the first one as a free book and enjoyed it so much that I actually paid $4.99 for each subsequent one all the way to the end of the series - current end; there is another coming out later this year (2015). I seldom pay for Kindle ebooks and certainly not for eight in a row, but these grabbed me. The heroine is appealing in many ways. She is older - 47. She is kind of a tomboy/athlete: drinks beer, fixes cars, hates to dress in girly clothes. She falls into being an undercover spy person through her computer skills, but she carries some PTSD from a bad marriage and other unpleasant occurrences. This book combines spy thriller elements like super weapons, advanced technology and heartless villains with good juicy romance themes like lots of emotional angst over her own inadequacy, two or three sexy male applicants (or supplicants) for her affections, the ditzy, girly BFF and a couple of guy friends. Her characters are believable in a larger-than-life way. Henders does a good job of balancing the two sides, although the books are probably a little too romantic for the standard thriller reader. There is the standard high body count with non-fatal injuries to the protagonists and last minute rescues, but it is well written and good fun.
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Sandra
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable light read.
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2015
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I read book number 1 and enjoyed the characters and the story enough that I bought book number 2. By the time I finished book number 2 I was really looking forward to book number 3. In a little under three weeks I had read all nine books and was sad that I couldn't buy number 10 because Diane Henders hadn't finished writing it yet. The story line is something I wanted to keep reading just to see what was coming next. Arnie is just perfect. I miss him and can't wait to read about him in the next book.
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Booklover
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this one!
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2023
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I’m really enjoying the series, but this book was just a fun ride with the hippies and the commune. Well done, Diane!
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Beate Leirtun
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying the spy
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2017
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Aydan rocks, complicated, grown up, human. Delightfully free of a lot of biases you see in other books, maybe because the author is female and Canadian? I have been laughing out loud, taking my tablet everywhere, gone to bed late, basically totally hooked. It’s written for grown ups, highly entertaining, both funny and keeping, me at least, at the edge of my seat. It’s action, thriller, crime, humour...

If you are looking for cozy grandma church on Sunday mystery books, this is maybe not your cup of tea. If you find the description following the series interesting, and maybe even middle-aged yourself, this might be gold. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Aydan and her antics.

Not often I binge read, but here I just got hooked. What a lovely concept eBook’s. All 12 books in a week, so glad it finally rained here lol. In wait of the next book I will go back and reread them again, this time taking my time.
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Kelly P
5.0 out of 5 stars Another fun adventure!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015
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Great addition to the series, I enjoyed the different setting for this installment. It was fun to see Aydan out of her comfort zone at the commune and working alone for the first portion of the book. One of the things I love about the series is the development of the supporting characters. This time it is director Stemp's turn to have his background explored in detail. He has become a more sympathetic character as time goes on and nothing is more revealing than an extended visit with someone's parents! Aydan is, as usual, competent, funny and kick ass. Her romantic entanglements with Hellhound and John come to a head, accompanied by some of the awkward multi-man situations Aydan seems to find herself in. I loved the resolution with the guys at the end of the book and look forward to seeing how things develop in the next installment. This series just keeps getting better, I have enjoyed watching Aydan grow as a character and can't wait to read her next adventure. I will now resume stalking Diane's blog for progress updates on book 10, write fast!
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JGundy
3.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
I like the action and mystery, it's what keeps the story line moving but I'm getting tired of the wishy washy romance. She needs to pick one or none and move on. John is definitely the one for her but she is just too stubborn to admit it and after nine books, it's hard to keep reading it.
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Linda G.
5.0 out of 5 stars High-lariously Action-Packed and Sexy Fun!
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015
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Diane Henders' Never Say Spy series is one of my favorite go-to reads for pure fun. Her latest, Spy High, continues the action-packed (and downright sexy) adventures of bookkeeper/reluctant-spy Aydan Kelly. The setting this time is an isolated raincoast commune. Talk about a fish out of water! Poor Aydan is definitely out of her usual element on this assignment to guard her boss's aging hippy parents. Hilarity? Check. Danger? Check. Sexy men? Double-check! With visits from series favorites Hellhound and Big John, and an intriguing newcomer, there is no shortage of testosterone. Nothing our intrepid heroine can't, um, handle. ;)

If you haven't started this series yet, I envy you, because you have nine fantastic reads just waiting for you. Enjoy!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spy High
Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2019
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Just when I wondered what other insane spy activity could ensue, it did. The antics and Aydan's extreme camping trip were awesome!
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Simbacat
5.0 out of 5 stars It's been a while
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2016
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As the title says it's been awhile since I started this book but finally I got to finish it and so glad I have book ten to start on now! I don't understand where you get the inspiration from but I hope you never lose it?
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Philrob
5.0 out of 5 stars Best so far
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2017
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A very absorbing story but a little slow to start. Very tongue in cheek. Funny and exciting at the same time. Implausible in places but nevertheless a very good read. Recommended.
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Shirley Trowell
5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME SERIES
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2015
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This whole series is superbly written. The dynamics between the characters will keep you glued to the story and wanting more!
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4.0 out of 5 stars 4*
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2021
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Good story, good series
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