The Accidental Joe, Tom Straw
The Accidental Joe, Tom Straw
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The Accidental Joe
The Top-Secret Life of a Celebrity Chef

Author: Tom Straw

Narrator: Tom Straw

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/27/2024


Synopsis

When the CIA approaches celebrity chef Sebastian Pike about using his award-winning food and culture travel show as cover for espionage, the outspoken bad-boy host says no. When they point out how roaming the globe interviewing foodies, heads of state, rock stars, journalists-in-exile, poets, subversives, supermodels—even the pope—gives him perfect cover, Pike smiles and says, "F@#! no."

They push. They'd embed their top agent in his crew to do the spy work.

And when romantic sparks crackle between him and the female agent, Pike's all in, kicking off a romantic spy thriller in which the globetrotting celebrity chef uses his TV series to help sneak Putin's accountant out of Russia before he's exposed as a mole.

The high-stakes mission quickly puts Pike in harm's way. There's danger, there's double dealing, there's shooting with real bullets. Plus, a minefield of complications from the hot romance that grows between Pike and his gutsy CIA handler-producer, Cammie Nova.

Beyond their attraction, Pike and Nova become an operational team, not only to survive the perils they face but to pull off an operation fraught with one twist after another, capped by a shocking, emotional climax.

Reviews

Goodreads review by R L HERSKOWITZ on June 13, 2024

This novel is about a traveling tv chef that helps the CIA. The wording seemed odd to me, even though the author is American. It took me about 30-40 pages to get used to the author’s language style. The dialogue throughout the novel was excellent. I think this might be the first book of a series. If......more

Goodreads review by Gregg on May 28, 2024

So good. Totally worth the read.......more

Goodreads review by Emily on February 26, 2024

Imagine Anthony Bourdain as a CIA operative who ends up allowing the CIA to use his show as a background for an operation. Unbeknownst to Sebastian Pike, his culinary show is the perfect cover up for espionage. They call him the MVB: Most valuable bystander. Although he does not take that name quite......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on May 29, 2024

Celebrity Chef Espionage, cooking, and humor made this a winning story for me. A tale of a chef whose international food interviews made him a perfect part time spy. I would enjoy it being a series.......more