Spies in Plain Sight

by Lynn Hightower

Overview

A bold, international thriller about truth, power, and vengeance — from bestselling author Lynn Hightower.

Junie Lagarde is a citizen journalist with nothing to lose. When most of her team is murdered in a newsroom attack, she and her hearing service dog Leo survive—and go after the billionaire who ordered it.

From a small town in the French Alps to the chaos of the Kentucky Derby, Junie plunges into a dangerous conspiracy involving a shadowy secret society called the Emerald Vipers.

It will take all June’s strength to find the justice she burns for – make the truth loud enough to be heard.

Perfect for fans of fast-paced political thrillers, female-led investigations, and morally gray power plays. Spies in Plain Sight is a standalone novel featuring Junie Lagarde, following The Beautiful Risk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448313983
Publisher:	Severn House
Publication date:	06/03/2025
Series:	A Junie Lagarde Novel , #2
Edition description:	Main
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.67(w) x 8.74(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Lynn Hightower is the internationally bestselling author of numerous thrillers including the Sonora Blair and Lena Padget detective series. She has previously won the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye novel and a WH Smith Fresh Talent Award. Lynn lives in Kentucky, in a small Victorian cottage with a writing parlor.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Spies in Plain Sight

“Hightower’s dynamic second novel featuring French journalist Junie Lagarde excites from the opening pages”
Publishers Weekly

“A tense, twisty thriller with vibrant characters, a timely plot, and a satisfying conclusion”
Booklist

Praise for Lynn Hightower

“A brave, bold writer — and this spooky, suspenseful masterpiece could be her best yet”
LEE CHILD on The Enlightenment Project

“This taut psychological page-turner has a gripping, tightly woven plot and is jam-packed with head-spinning twists”
Booklist on Even in Darkness

“Sensitive characterizations match the imaginative plot . . . Readers will compulsively turn the pages”
Publishers Weekly Starred Review on The Enlightenment Project

“Fast pacing, a strong and sympathetic main character . . . a ghostly thriller”
Booklist on The Piper

“Psychologically compelling.” — Kirkus Reviews on Even in Darkness

From the Publisher

Lynn Hightower is a brave, bold writer - and this spooky, suspenseful masterpiece could be her best yet. Super-recommended!

#1 international bestselling author of the Jack Re Lee Child

Fast pacing, a strong and sympathetic main character, and a genuinely frightening supernatural being keep the pages turning in this ghostly thriller

Booklist on The Piper

Establishing unsettling tones early on, the book’s tension mounts, even during its quiet, tender moments. Both the medical and supernatural elements are detailed in engrossing terms. But human connections are at the heart of the novel’s draw

Foreword Reviews on The Enlightenment Project

This taut psychological page-turner has a gripping, tightly woven plot and is jam-packed with head-spinning twists and an overwhelming sense of menace that will keep readers riveted

Booklist on Even in Darkness

A tense, twisty thriller with vibrant characters, a timely plot, and a satisfying conclusion

Booklist

In Hightower’s capable hands, the plot blends together successfully into a gripping, suspenseful read that will hold strong appeal for Francophiles

Booklist on The Beautiful Risk

Lynn Hightower is a brave, bold writer - and this spooky, suspenseful masterpiece could be her best yet. Super-recommended!

Lee Child