Who The Heck Is Eddie Brown?

 Who The Heck Is Eddie Brown?

 

If someone were to ask you to think of a fictional spy, more likely than not your mind would turn to Ian Fleming’s James Bond.  He’s suave, debonair, highly competent, witty, and a man of action.  

 

Joyce Porter’s Eddie Brown is the antithesis of James Bond.  The protagonist and narrator of four espionage novels, Eddie’s misadventures often lead to serious international upsets.  He’s dubbed “the world’s most reluctant spy” for good reason.  He’s awkward, out of shape, easily flustered, and not nearly as smooth with the ladies as he thinks he is.  As the series begins, Eddie is an unenthusiastic foreign-language teacher at a fourth-rate school.  Due to his skill at speaking Russian and his uncanny resemblance to a Russian agent, Eddie is recruited by a top-secret branch of the British Secret Service to perform a simple operation, and after much cajoling and many sharp threats, Eddie complies, deeply resenting being called upon to serve Queen and country.  When Eddie’s working for Her Majesty’s Secret Service, very little goes right…

 

Over the course of the saga, Eddie blunders from one disastrous operation to another, as his handler sends him on missions that only he can handle… or is he trying to get rid of Eddie?  It’s a fun series full of wacky situations and characters, turning the Cold War into a rollicking farce.

 

 

–Chris Chan

 

 

Chris Chan’s first book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind “A Scandal in Bohemia” was released on August 27^thfrom MX Publishing, and is available for sale at Amazon.com and the MX Publishing website, as well as at Book Depository (with free worldwide shipping there).  It is also available in a Kindle edition.