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Christmas is coming, and while the bells are ringing, the tills aren't. But Sandie - the rising star of the retail spying world - is busier than ever, rooting out the best and worst in festive customer care through her company. The former Charlie's Shopping Angels are helping out, too. Glamorous widow Grazia is going undercover under the duvet at boutique hotels, in between dating a succession of toyboys and trying to remember which lie she's told about her age. Meanwhile, not-quite-yummy mummy Emily investigates the child-friendliness of the high street with the help of three-year-old Freddie, when she's not working flat out with her partner to save their fledging village shop from the un-festive credit crunch. The shoppers are back, but is the happiness they've worked so hard for, about to disappear faster than a Louis Vuitton handbag in the Harrod's sale?
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Kate Harrison has worked as a producer, director and developer across an array of TV programmes including PANORAMA and NEWSROUND. She lives in Teddington, Middlesex.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I read 'The Secret Shopper's Revenge' and found it enjoyable so I was pleased when I saw there was a sequel. This book is even better than its predecessor in my opinion. Grazia, Sandie and Emily are two years further on from when we last saw them. Grazia is gradually coming to terms with being a widow. Emily and Will are living together with her son Fred and trying to make a living out of the Emporium. Sandie is running her own secret shopper business and living with Toby.
Their lives are about to be disrupted. In between their personal lives there are secret shopping expeditions. Grazia tries out cosmetic procedures, Emily visits Santa's Grotto in the lead up to Christmas, Sandie takes on an assistant - with mixed results. Told by all three of the women in alternate chapters together with contributions from Kelly - Sandie's assistant - this is an interesting story. There are light-hearted moments and serious subjects and the dialogue and characters are realistic. Duncan - Emily's ex-husband is a really unpleasant character; as are some of the minor characters. Dialogue is realistic and it is easy to tell the women apart without the chapter headings.
My only criticism is that I found Emily a bit too silly and self centred. Everything had to revolve round her and she seemed to forget Will's point of view. Overall though this is an enjoyable light hearted read with some excellent characters and dialogue.
Their lives are about to be disrupted. In between their personal lives there are secret shopping expeditions. Grazia tries out cosmetic procedures, Emily visits Santa's Grotto in the lead up to Christmas, Sandie takes on an assistant - with mixed results. Told by all three of the women in alternate chapters together with contributions from Kelly - Sandie's assistant - this is an interesting story. There are light-hearted moments and serious subjects and the dialogue and characters are realistic. Duncan - Emily's ex-husband is a really unpleasant character; as are some of the minor characters. Dialogue is realistic and it is easy to tell the women apart without the chapter headings.
My only criticism is that I found Emily a bit too silly and self centred. Everything had to revolve round her and she seemed to forget Will's point of view. Overall though this is an enjoyable light hearted read with some excellent characters and dialogue.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This novel reunites the characters from 'The Secret Shopper's Revenge' for a festive rollercoaster of ups and downs, highs and lows, laughter and tears, with each character facing down their own demons in time for the New Year. I'll hold my hands up straight off and say that I haven't read the first installment - though I probably will at some point, having enjoyed this one - but happily Harrison's subtle references to earlier events filled me in nicely without being glaringly obvious, so my enjoyment wasn't in any way dented by my Secret Shopper ignorance.
I liked the way that each of the women in the novel has her own voice, which keeps it fresh, and each of those voices was quite distinctive. Sandie might be pregnant and already has enough on her plate coping with her boyfriend's awful mother and her own broken family. Emily is trying to keep her fairytale emporium - and her relationship with the lovely Will - afloat while engaged in battle with her slimy ex-husband. Grazia isn't so sure that she can grow old gracefully after all. And young Kelly, Sandie's new employee, is slowly sinking under a past that just won't let her go...
It's pure fluff, of course, but it's well written fluff, and skims over a few profound issues to stop it veering into candyfloss territory. I found myself starting to get attached to these women and their lives, and hoping everything would turn out alright in the end... A good little read.
I liked the way that each of the women in the novel has her own voice, which keeps it fresh, and each of those voices was quite distinctive. Sandie might be pregnant and already has enough on her plate coping with her boyfriend's awful mother and her own broken family. Emily is trying to keep her fairytale emporium - and her relationship with the lovely Will - afloat while engaged in battle with her slimy ex-husband. Grazia isn't so sure that she can grow old gracefully after all. And young Kelly, Sandie's new employee, is slowly sinking under a past that just won't let her go...
It's pure fluff, of course, but it's well written fluff, and skims over a few profound issues to stop it veering into candyfloss territory. I found myself starting to get attached to these women and their lives, and hoping everything would turn out alright in the end... A good little read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved the first book about Secret Shopping - and this one is also funny, satifiying and I can't wait to finish it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fab!!!
Brilliant read!! Would definitely recommend! Had me gripped! Read the others too!! :D Great festive book will buy if another comes out!! :)
Published 1 month ago by Bexxyboo
Friendly, funny and feel good
This is the first secret shopper book I've read, so in a way I was coming in without background to a lot of characters, but actually it didn't matter. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Susanna Quinn
The girls are back!! Great book!
I really loved The Secret Shoppers Revenge so i was so excited to see that they were back and even better, back at christmas!! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Victoria Megginson
Secret shopper unwrapped
Brilliant book. after the first in the series the secret shoppers revenge I was so pleased to see that there was another book!! the secret shopper unwrapped. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Suzy27
Intelligent but comforting 'chick lit'.
I really enjoyed this book and 'Secret shopper's Revenge'.
They are 'chick lit' I suppose but well written. Read more
They are 'chick lit' I suppose but well written. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. S. Partridge
Full of Christmas sparkle
Kate Harrison is one of my favourite authors - I love the humour and warmth of her books, and her characters are always entirely believable and 'real'. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Sukie
loved it
having discovered that this was the sequel to The Secret Shoppers Revenge i couldnt wait to read it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Lindymck
excellent read
this was a fab book, leading on form the secret shoppers revenge. the characters in this book are excellent, the writing is brilliant and little freddie just melts your heart :)... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ms. Abbie Summers
Lovely sequel
Emily, Sandie and Grazia are back in the sequel to The Secret Shopper's Revenge. Emily is living happily with Will and her son Freddie, they are trying to keep Bell's Emporium... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dot
Great read
Read the preivous books in the series on a recent holiday. Couldnt wait to purchase this one, i wasnt disappointed!
Published 24 months ago by Ms. N. C. Lester
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