Joan starts her journey as a naïve college student who was befriended by a Russian named Sonya and quickly drawn into communist rallies and talks. She works as a secretary at a London research institute investigating nuclear technology and while there passed information to the Russian secret service.
After the war, she lives in hiding in Australia but comes back to the UK in her 80's. She remained undetected until the age of 87 when she gives a press conference on her doorstep to the Times and the headline was 'The Spy Who Came in from the Co-op'.
The group felt it was well written, an excellent read.
scored average 8