The Rewind Files by Claire WillettMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Regina (Reggie) Bellows might be the daughter of legendary US Time Travel Bureau agents Katie Bellows and Leo Carstairs, but she is very much a back-office mathematician, specialising in mid-twentieth century history, supporting agents in the field who 'patch' anomalies in history. Working late at night on a weekend, Reggie and her colleague Calliope realise that their agent, who is in 1968, is in grave danger from a time incongruity and the only way to save him is for Reggie to go back and physically bring him back to the present in 2112. Hauled in front of the senior management to justify her actions, Reggie instead identifies that World War III (between the US and China in which 56 million died) is itself an anomaly (or Chronomaly), created by person or persons unknown. However, the sheer scale of the deception, which must have involved someone senior within the Bureau, means that Need-To-Know is limited to a small number of people. One of the key events identified by the Bureau's scanners is centred around Washington DC in 1972, so Reggie is sent in undercover as a junior secretary in the White House counsel's office.
Grappling with archaic customs, misogynist bosses, racism, and tight deadlines, Reggie soon discovers that this conspiracy goes deep and is bigger than she could have imagined.
As a Brit I don't really have much interest in Watergate, heck I'm not even sure what it was all about, although I recognise the names, but this historical spy book was s engrossing I couldn't put it down. Loved it.
Even better I think it is free on Amazon.
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