Spies in Plain Sight - (Junie Lagarde Novel) by Lynn Hightower

About the Book

"Junie Lagarde is a woman on a mission. With the help of her young team of citizen journalists, she's determined to hold billionaires accountable for the environmental atrocities they commit. Their current target: Kentuckian billionaire "Daddy" Sullivan Carr, whose plans to open a bitcoin mine in Annecy, France, threaten to destroy the place Junie and her beloved hearing dog Leo now call home. But locking horns with Daddy Carr plunges Junie into a waking nightmare. For the twisted billionaire has drawn the attention of a dark and lethal French secret society known as the Emerald Vipers - and for this he blames her. Escaping only narrowly with her life from an assassination attempt, Junie's determination to unmask Daddy Carr as a villain only grows stronger. But as her quest for justice leads her from the masked revels of Annecy's Venetian carnival to the glittering excesses of the Kentucky Derby, it will take all her strength to find not just the justice she burns for - but to face the shocking truth. That's if she manages to stay alive. . ."--

Book Synopsis

A bold, international thriller about truth, power, and vengeance -- from bestselling author Lynn Hightower.

Junie Lagarde is a citizen journalist with nothing to lose. When most of her team is murdered in a newsroom attack, she and her hearing service dog Leo survive--and go after the billionaire who ordered it.

From a small town in the French Alps to the chaos of the Kentucky Derby, Junie plunges into a dangerous conspiracy involving a shadowy secret society called the Emerald Vipers.

It will take all June's strength to find the justice she burns for - make the truth loud enough to be heard.

Perfect for fans of fast-paced political thrillers, female-led investigations, and morally gray power plays. Spies in Plain Sight is a standalone novel featuring Junie Lagarde, following The Beautiful Risk.

Review Quotes

Praise for Spies in Plain Sight

"Hightower's dynamic second novel featuring French journalist Junie Lagarde excites from the opening pages"

Publishers Weekly

"A tense, twisty thriller with vibrant characters, a timely plot, and a satisfying conclusion"

Booklist

Praise for Lynn Hightower

"A brave, bold writer -- and this spooky, suspenseful masterpiece could be her best yet"

LEE CHILD on The Enlightenment Project

"This taut psychological page-turner has a gripping, tightly woven plot and is jam-packed with head-spinning twists"

Booklist on Even in Darkness

"Sensitive characterizations match the imaginative plot . . . Readers will compulsively turn the pages"

Publishers Weekly Starred Review on The Enlightenment Project

"Fast pacing, a strong and sympathetic main character . . . a ghostly thriller"

Booklist on The Piper

"Psychologically compelling." -- Kirkus Reviews on Even in Darkness