Life Undercover (Fox) - Book Reviews

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Genius…. Fascinating…. [A]long with the cloak-and-dagger action, Fox writes movingly of trying to reconcile a career in espionage with family life…. A look inside the CIA that the agency isn’t ready for you to see…. [A] great read.
Washington Post


A timely, compelling story. As fellow citizens, we’d all do well to better understand what that vital work entails.
LA Times


Gripping…reads like a true-life thriller.
San Francisco Chronicle


Gripping…. Life Undercover sets aside high-octane street chases and gunfights for an equally riveting narrative of compassion, revealing that the path to peace is through understanding the common humanity in us all.
Paste Magazine


A riveting account of the decade the author spent risking her life in the CIA’s most clandestine unit.
People


(Starred review) Fox delivers a gripping memoir about the near decade she spent working for the CIA to help stop terrorism.… [She] masterfully conveys the exhilaration and loneliness of life undercover, and her memoir reads like a great espionage novel.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review) [R]riveting…. Fans of Showtime's Homeland and espionage novels will devour this highly recommended memoir, as will readers interested in counterterrorism, nonprofileration, and peacemaking. —Barrie Olmstead, Lewiston P.L., ID
Library Journal


(Starred review) With loads of suspense and adrenaline,… this insider’s view into how the CIA functions and what life is like for a covert agent will appeal to many, including readers who don’t normally stray from fiction thrillers.
Booklist


Fox [writes] engagingly—and transparently…. Throughout much of her remarkable life, secrecy was the norm, but by the time she left the agency, she'd had enough. A well-written account of a life lived under exceptional secrecy and pressure.
Kirkus Reviews