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Operation Undercover
Assigned their first real mission, Audrey, Lee, Ria and Tex are back in the second installment of the Junior Spies series. Audrey and Tex are sent to Kilimanjaro, Africa to get close to a suspicious climbing operation, while Lee and Ria analyze critical information and discover a mole inside the White House. Their missions collide near the end, as the two teams reunite to save the president of the United States. But could Plan C be their undoing?
199 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2016
About the author
Melissa Boyle Mahle
5 books21 followersI am an author of children's books and intelligence non-fiction. My writing draws upon my past career as a US intelligence officer and expert on the Middle East and terrorism. My professional experience involved me in US intelligence operations throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.
I invite you to visit my websites, www.spygirlspress.com and www.facebook.com/spygirlspress (for children's books) or www.melissaboylemahle.com (for adult non-fiction books).
I was one of a handful of female operations officers fluent in Arabic at the CIA. In a male-dominated culture of the CIA, I carved out a career as a successful operations officer, demonstrating by deed that women can make important contributions. I also sought to balance my professional life with a family life, a particularly difficult challenge for a working mother in the intelligence field.
After leaving the clandestine world in 2002, I embarked on a new career as an author, commentator and movie consultant. My first book, Denial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA from Iran-Contra to 9/11, was published in 2005. Part history, part memoir, Denial and Deception answers the question of just what was going on inside the intelligence community in the run up to the 9/11 tragedy. Well received by Washington insiders and lay readers alike, the paperback version was released in 2006. The best part of marketing this book was the opportunity to appear on the Daily Show. Yes, John Stewart is as funny in person.
My latest work with co-author Kathryn Dennis is a middle grade fiction story, entitled Uncovered in Istanbul, book two in the Anatolia Steppe Mystery series.
I also appear in the national electronic and print media as a commentator on intelligence and national security issues and contributes to scholarly journals. On the lighter side, I have a great time participating in youth programs at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC and providing technical advice to Hollywood film makers, with film credits for SALT (staring Angelina Jolie) and Hanna (staring Cate Blanchett and Saoirse Ronan).
My current creative efforts are focused on writing children stories geared for middle grade readers who like adventure and spy thriller novels. My writing partner is Kathryn Dennis, a lifelong friend and fellow adventurer.
I invite you to visit my websites, www.spygirlspress.com and www.facebook.com/spygirlspress (for children's books) or www.melissaboylemahle.com (for adult non-fiction books).
I was one of a handful of female operations officers fluent in Arabic at the CIA. In a male-dominated culture of the CIA, I carved out a career as a successful operations officer, demonstrating by deed that women can make important contributions. I also sought to balance my professional life with a family life, a particularly difficult challenge for a working mother in the intelligence field.
After leaving the clandestine world in 2002, I embarked on a new career as an author, commentator and movie consultant. My first book, Denial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA from Iran-Contra to 9/11, was published in 2005. Part history, part memoir, Denial and Deception answers the question of just what was going on inside the intelligence community in the run up to the 9/11 tragedy. Well received by Washington insiders and lay readers alike, the paperback version was released in 2006. The best part of marketing this book was the opportunity to appear on the Daily Show. Yes, John Stewart is as funny in person.
My latest work with co-author Kathryn Dennis is a middle grade fiction story, entitled Uncovered in Istanbul, book two in the Anatolia Steppe Mystery series.
I also appear in the national electronic and print media as a commentator on intelligence and national security issues and contributes to scholarly journals. On the lighter side, I have a great time participating in youth programs at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC and providing technical advice to Hollywood film makers, with film credits for SALT (staring Angelina Jolie) and Hanna (staring Cate Blanchett and Saoirse Ronan).
My current creative efforts are focused on writing children stories geared for middle grade readers who like adventure and spy thriller novels. My writing partner is Kathryn Dennis, a lifelong friend and fellow adventurer.
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December 26, 2016
The Junior Spies are back--appealing characters, exotic locales, nonstop action. Who said white supremacists, executive branch moles, and letters full of anthrax were just for grownups?
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