Thespianage

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Alfie Halliday was a tree once. Now he might be a spy.When recently divorced, recently retired geography teacher Alfie Halliday joins a London amateur dramatic society to fill his empty evenings, he expects awkward auditions and bad coffee. He does not expect to memorise a Russian intelligence dead-drop coded into the margins of Twelfth Night.Now Alfie is caught between a terrifying director who may be a thirty-year sleeper agent, an MI5 analyst working from a sub-basement, a retired MI6 officer disguised as a dotty old man, and a once-in-a-lifetime performance at Shakespeare's Globe - and he still hasn't learned his lines.With the help of Debbie, a sharp-tongued wardrobe mistress who communicates in crisps and sarcasm, Alfie must navigate rehearsals, espionage, and the alarming discovery that being ordinary, forgettable, and hopelessly polite might just be the perfect cover.But in a world where everyone is playing a part, nothing is quite what it seems. And the final curtain will reveal a truth that changes everything.Thespianage is a warm, witty, and deeply British comedy about spies, Shakespeare, and the extraordinary courage of ordinary people. For fans of Richard Osman, Mick Herron, and anyone who has ever wondered what really goes on backstage.The show must go on. Even when national security depends on it.

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Pages: 146, Paperback, Independently published