Along Came A Spyder

By Apeksha Rao,

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Book description

At 17, Samira Joshi has only one dream in life.

She wants to be a spy. And why not?

Spying runs in the Joshi genes. Her great-grandmother was famous for sticking her nose in everyone’s business. Her grandmother had a flourishing side-business of tracking down errant husbands and missing servants.…

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1 author picked Along Came A Spyder as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved this book for three reasons. First, it is so well observed in terms of Indian and Mumbai city daily life and all the usual ups and downs that happen. Second, it features a female spy and one with a lot of sass and spunk, to be sure. I love the sincerity and honesty she shows in the book. Third, the main character, Samira Joshi, is exactly the kind of person you root for.

The book revolves around her dream to be a spy, her training at a spy school or institute, and the fact that her middle-class parents…

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