The Secret Shopper's Revenge

The Secret Shopper's Revenge

by KateHarrison (Author)

Synopsis

Imagine shopping for a living, going undercover, homing in on size-zero haute couture ...and shopping the shop girls who think service is a dirty word. Welcome to the world of the Mystery Shopper. New mum Emily wants revenge on the stick-thin assistants who laugh at her post-baby tummy and post-baby budget. But frumpiness has its advantages when you're wielding a secret camera - and sending the footage straight to head office. Store manager Sandie has a lifelong love of the world of retail - the glitz, the magic, the stockroom. Then she's fitted up by an ambitious assistant and secret shopping is the only way to keep her one passion alive. And glamourous widow Grazia can't leave behind the high life, despite her chronically low bank balance. The more she's buying - and spying - the less time she has to mourn her husband or her fair-weather friends who've dumped her. They're Charlie's Shopping Angels, controlled by a mysterious figure who sends them assignments. But when they're sent to stitch up a doomed shop owned by Will, the angels begin to feel divided loyalties ...

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 12 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 0752875302
ISBN 13: 9780752875309
Book Overview: Part-celebration of shopping, part-rant about the horrors of sulky shop girls and stinking changing rooms, THE SECRET SHOPPER'S REVENGE is ultimate retail therapy. Kate Harrison writes sharp, smart, and funny women's fiction. Her novels sell over 100,000 copies in paperback alone. Kate Harrison received excellent reviews for all her novels: 'An upbeat, must-read tale...It delivers insight and humour through richly portrayed characters' Easy Living 'A slick, bittersweet comedy' Mail on Sunday 'Compulsively readable: warm and witty, moving and insightful ... I loved it' Louise Voss 'Nostalgic and funny' Heat 'Always original and laugh-out-loud funny, Kate Harrison's wonderful novels deserve a place on every bookshelf' Chris Manby.

Media Reviews
'A bittersweet comedy and one to be read by anyone who loves shopping and love!' BURTON MAIL
Author Bio
Kate Harrison is in her 30s and until recently worked at the BBC, developing new programme ideas. She lives in west London.