🕵🏻‍♀️👀🍸Diapers, Drinks and Dangerous Secrets. Never underestimate A Woman of Intelligence. Katharina (Rina) Edgeworth, a former translator for the United Nations is drowning in the mundane madness of raising two unruly toddlers in 1950’s New York. She has plenty to be thankful for; her children are healthy, her husband is a successful pediatric surgeon—though often absent—and she hasn’t a care in the world, except...it isn’t enough. She misses her old UN life and the fulfillment that comes with professional challenges. Then after one particularly horrible day of sticky fingers and dirty diaper disasters, she has an unexpected encounter with an FBI agent in need of her linguistic talent. In the shadow of the cold war is she willing to spy for her country? Her country needs her for this job, but more importantly, she needs this job even more. I appreciated this intimate portrait of a 1950’s housewife who was tired of being brushed aside and treated as if she had already accomplished all that she was meant to in life once she became a mother. I loved her beginning days of “misbehaving” and the unraveling of her story. I do wish the pacing and tension was a bit stronger, but all in all, this was a delightful historical fiction read. ➡️QOTD: While we're on the topic of spy novels... What is the weirdest/funniest thing you've ever seen someone do while people watching? Alternative question: Where is your favorite place to people watch? 💼My Answer: I loved people watching in the NYC subway. Funny enough, that’s also where I saw a briefcase “handoff.” Neither guy acknowledged each other. One came in the subway car with the case, and another guy left with it. And it was not theft. Thank you, @stmartinspress and @netgalley for the #gifted book. This book is out now! . . #karintanabe #awomanofintelligence #stmartinspress #arcreview #spynovel #vintagestyle #womeninhistory #1950sfashion #historicalfiction #booksbywomen #bookreviewer #bookphotographer #bookloversunite #bookflatlay #booksandtea #bookflatlays #readingiscool