Touchfeather, Too

by Jimmy Sangster

The Stewardess with a License to Kill is Back! Katy Touchfeather is a fun-loving, British spy with a cheeky attitude and lethal skills who travels the world as a stewardess. Her latest assignment is to bring down what appears to be a gold smuggling operation...but is something far worse. It's a globetrotting, espionage adventure that takes her from London to a lavish yacht on the high-seas, from the jungles of Africa to the beaches of the Bahamas, and that pits her against one of richest men on earth and a deadly torturess who loves to extract information in agonizingly creative ways...and can't wait to try them all on Katy. Praise for the Touchfeather Thrillers "Bubbly, irrepressible... drawn by her breezy, chatty first-person narrative, readers will cheer Katy on as she skates around with flamboyant grace." Publishers Weekly "Freshness and humor are rare qualities in a thriller nowadays. They're here in plenty. Exhilarating verve and expertise. It's a winner!" Irish Times "A clever, high-spirited story that ends with murder of exceptional ingenuity and panache." Times Literary Supplement (London) "Nancy Drew superhormone-genized." Kirkus Reviews

178 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2018

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Secret Agent Gal Kay Touchfeather

By day, Kay Touchfeather is a stewardess flying the friendly skies. On her off time, she's a stunning sexy British secret agent, sort of the female version of James Bond set in the swinging sixties. Jimmy Sangster was best known as a British screenwriter and director, particularly of horror movies, in the fifties, sixties and seventies, in all a forty-five year career in the film industry. Bras Books is posthumously republishing many of his books, including all the books in this two-book series. What makes these two books really sing is the great narrative voice Sangster gives Kay. Don't read this looking for great philosophical treatises. Read this for great fun as Kay leaves the skies for jetsetting the French Riviera, hobnobbing with the rich and famous, cavorting beneath the covers with Spain's number 1 bullfighter, getting kidnapped, facing torture, jail time, and having to explain aborting her mission. Just a quick easy read and a great blast of fun.

[Peter Ackerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to Brash Books for your service in introducing previously published authors anew to readers like me.

Touchfeather Too is the extremely satisfying sequel to the original Touchfeather. Kate Touchfeather continues in this offering on her job as a stewardess and spy. Taking place in an older more swinging era allows the heroine to be all woman in this adventure that reminds me of The Man From UNCLE series.

This time she begins on a cruise to merely discover and take samples of some gold bars. Unfortunately a wealthy criminal with an equally deadly and lovely hench woman want to know why. Soon Katy is caught up in a thrilling plot that was hard to put down.

For me this was a quick, enjoyable read.

[Greg Trosclair · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's really sad that Jimmy Sangster only wrote two Katy Touchfeather novels. They really were fun reads. It looked like there could have been more but alas there does not appear to be any more forth coming. I am planning to read all eight of his books. I have enjoyed them more than a number of his movies that I have seen. One movie that he wrote and directed was Deadlier than the Male and it is a James Bond knock off with strong female characters in it that are similar to Katy and yet not her. She is a fun read. You spend a lot of time in her head as much as you do in the story itself.

One other thought and that is of the publisher Brash Books. I have read three different authors published by Brash and all have been more than enjoyable. I am planning to read more of their catalog as many of their authors appear to no longer be with us and have been out of print for a long time. If the rest of their authors are as good as Sangster, Ralph Dennis and Mark Rodgers then they have a deep bench of solid writing talent to draw from. You should check them out.

[Selaya Morton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite as good as Book 1 for a couple of reasons. First, the first two or three chapters seem to be taken almost word for word FROM Book 1 - rehashing what we already know about Katy and several other characters. Considering there are only seven chapters anyway, this would seem a pointless exercise. Second, the chapters themselves. If you're into segments containing 50+ pages per then this is for you. Trying to keep everything straight can be a bit of a chore with chapter lengths like these.

To give Sangster his due, he did stay faithful to English-style spelling, vocabulary, vernacular, pronunciations etc. Also, everything seemed to fit the time period depicted - late 1960's~early 1970's. I even checked into the aeroplane types mentioned in both this book and its predecessor; who remembers DC3's, 707's, DC8's or VC10's for example? I'm happy to have read both books but must say, with all respect, that two was enough.

[Jay Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Katy Touchfeather moves in the world of the rich and famous as she uses her relationship with a bullfighter to gain access to a millionaire's yacht.. Her mission to secure samples of gold being smuggled ends up with the bullfighter killed and her in grave danger. As in book 1, the cast of characters is interesting and the interactions very realistic. The action and suspense continues up to the very end. The relationship between Katy and Mr. Blaser, her handler, is strange to say the least. .The book is full of action and makes for a great story.

[Jonathan Posner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great fun

Katy is an engaging heroine and the plot cracked on at a good pace. Overall a real page turning read.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a shame that Sangster only wrote two of these.
They are fun reads.