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Morgan Winfeld #1
Border Pieces
When Canadian spy Morgan Winfeld gets assigned to work with Ireland's Jake Rory, they spend a few days in Nova Scotia getting to know each other and putting the stop to an assassin. It's not long before they head to Alberta to dig around the embers of a fire that destroyed much more than people's property, and to be involved in a fight for their lives. Being a covert operative is demanding, dangerous work, and Morgan doesn't know how to exist without it.
On a trip to Wales, Morgan gets some unexpected assistance from a cousin who helps her to better use her keen intuition. The techniques help but cannot stop things from taking a horrible turn during a mission in Sommerside, England.
Morgan is in her forties, and she could easily be a retired spy who writes stories about her wild past and drinks Scotch, except she likes the work and there's always another job to do. Despite experiencing big losses and the difficulties in being a spy in this time of technology and restricted border crossings, Morgan just can't quit. Can she?
On a trip to Wales, Morgan gets some unexpected assistance from a cousin who helps her to better use her keen intuition. The techniques help but cannot stop things from taking a horrible turn during a mission in Sommerside, England.
Morgan is in her forties, and she could easily be a retired spy who writes stories about her wild past and drinks Scotch, except she likes the work and there's always another job to do. Despite experiencing big losses and the difficulties in being a spy in this time of technology and restricted border crossings, Morgan just can't quit. Can she?
178 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 19, 2018
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About the author
Pam Robertson
10 books7 followersPam Robertson started thinking a lot more than usual about stories when her grade six teacher asked her to be a ghostwriter, though it was many years later that she hit the best-seller list and took to creating great stories seriously. Pam has been part of several best-selling anthologies, and her books regularly hit the A'zon bestseller lists for a time. Her published work includes over 250 pieces including her novella series featuring Morgan Winfeld, short stories, novels, articles, and training material for professional development. Pam's work has been implemented around the world, and in particular Canada, the United Kingdom, and United States.
Pam writes as her full-time job, and she likes to mess up the kitchen with culinary experiments when time allows, or her supper club is keen to try something new. She enjoyed a brief time as a celebrity jam and chutney maker, though her favourite job was one of her first ones, when she spent several years as a military musician.
Pam writes as her full-time job, and she likes to mess up the kitchen with culinary experiments when time allows, or her supper club is keen to try something new. She enjoyed a brief time as a celebrity jam and chutney maker, though her favourite job was one of her first ones, when she spent several years as a military musician.
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November 5, 2018
This exceptionally well-written book is several books in one. It's a covert ops book and it's a heroine's journey book. Some readers will be disappointed when the covert ops plot and page-turning action in the first section of the book don't continue into the next section. However, readers who appreciate characters with depth and multiple dimensions will keep reading even though (initially) the sudden change of pace is somewhat disconcerting.
I won't include spoilers here. Suffice it to say, being a spy exposes one to injuries and other losses. Morgan and her partner Jake need time to heal and find themselves. Morgan learns that it's one thing to heal from physical injuries and a very different matter to get her mind right and connect to skills she does not, as yet, understand or fully use in support of the missions. Understanding this is her journey, a journey made more difficult by the loss of a colleague during an otherwise successful mission.
Here readers will see a very talented, almost natural covert operative who lives and breathes the work she does, yet considers leaving the service because tragedies and other losses cannot be undone. It would be easy for her to retire and write a book about her exploits. Morgan's grappling with her underdeveloped intuition and how to apply it in a business that's more and more technology-based is an important part of the book's theme. If she can figure all that out, she'll probably become even more successful as a covert operative.
If I were an editor, I would ask for somewhat smoother transitions between the sections, especially one that shifts from an in-progress, real-time operation to a time many months later then we learn how that mission ended. I think it would have been stronger if it had been shown in real-time. However, that is my somewhat subjective feeling.
I liked the major focus of the plot on Morgan Windfeld's personal and professional development, including her doubts and fears. This is a strong novel that appears to be the first in a series we can all look forward to following.
I won't include spoilers here. Suffice it to say, being a spy exposes one to injuries and other losses. Morgan and her partner Jake need time to heal and find themselves. Morgan learns that it's one thing to heal from physical injuries and a very different matter to get her mind right and connect to skills she does not, as yet, understand or fully use in support of the missions. Understanding this is her journey, a journey made more difficult by the loss of a colleague during an otherwise successful mission.
Here readers will see a very talented, almost natural covert operative who lives and breathes the work she does, yet considers leaving the service because tragedies and other losses cannot be undone. It would be easy for her to retire and write a book about her exploits. Morgan's grappling with her underdeveloped intuition and how to apply it in a business that's more and more technology-based is an important part of the book's theme. If she can figure all that out, she'll probably become even more successful as a covert operative.
If I were an editor, I would ask for somewhat smoother transitions between the sections, especially one that shifts from an in-progress, real-time operation to a time many months later then we learn how that mission ended. I think it would have been stronger if it had been shown in real-time. However, that is my somewhat subjective feeling.
I liked the major focus of the plot on Morgan Windfeld's personal and professional development, including her doubts and fears. This is a strong novel that appears to be the first in a series we can all look forward to following.
April 12, 2019
Move over, James Bond, and make way for the formidable new Canadian spy – Morgan Winfeld! Pam Robertson, author of Border Pieces, has given us the gift of a quick witted, Scotch swilling, and sometimes quirky new heroine in Winfeld. The story’s plot is full of twists and turns and is heavy on suspense, and its pace is lightning-fast, but Robertson still manages to build captivating, magnetic characters who will excite your imagination…and capture your heart. Morgan and Agent Jake Rory – thrown together undercover as loving, middle-aged newlyweds – embark upon a clandestine government mission that rockets from historic Halifax, Nova Scotia to the rough oil sands city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta. When their mission in the wilds of Canada ends in an explosive finale, the duo move on to romantic Ireland for some much needed R&R before beginning their next assignment…R&R that brings not only an astounding personal revelation for Morgan, but a closeness that neither she nor Jake had anticipated. A page-turning thriller from start to finish, Border Pieces ended much too soon and left me wanting more. Congratulations on a story well-written, Pam Robertson, and I certainly hope you continue Morgan’s saga in the very near future!
December 10, 2018
It was a good novel but didn’t keep me captivated.
I don’t know if it was just the Kindle version or not but it appears the proof reader did not do a very good job, with quite a number of clear errors missed, more to do with punctuation than spelling or sentence structure.
The storyline itself does focus on one main character which is good, however, for me, the story line didn’t flow. It seemed to jump from one topic to the next.
Generally when I read a book I become so engrossed in it that rather than just seeing words and reading them I am actually visualising the scene. It just didn’t happen through this novel.
I don’t know if it was just the Kindle version or not but it appears the proof reader did not do a very good job, with quite a number of clear errors missed, more to do with punctuation than spelling or sentence structure.
The storyline itself does focus on one main character which is good, however, for me, the story line didn’t flow. It seemed to jump from one topic to the next.
Generally when I read a book I become so engrossed in it that rather than just seeing words and reading them I am actually visualising the scene. It just didn’t happen through this novel.
March 12, 2019
Author Pam Robertson gives this book everything - suspense, adventure, bad guys, good guys (good gal), love and yes,...tears. There's even an element of the mystic. Can't wait for more of the Morgan Winfeld series!
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