false 3798403 4 As an agent in a multinational media agency, Tess Drake deals with some of the world's biggest egos. And those are just the ones inside her firm. Bardwell International is an agency  that operates in the ever-moving worlds of Rights, wrongs and revenge. Tess has been an agent  there for longer than she cares to remember and now she's in trouble. Real trouble. After the mysterious death of the agency's senior partner, Lowell Bardwright, Tess's sworn enemy, Cosima Tate, has taken over running the asylum and would do anything to thwart Tess's career. Until now, Tess has believed herself to be bulletproof because her biggest client is Dorothy Starkwell, a popular children's writer for whom she she's just begun negotiating a new eight-figure deal. Tess sees Lowell's death as the opportunity to do what she has wanted to do for a long time: start her own agency--and take Dorothy and her new contract with her. But can Tess jump ship and risk losing her reputation, her clients, AND her next big deal--and still make it on her own? Are her balls made of steel or are they about to be crushed under Cosima's stilettoed heel? There’s risk and there’s reward – or maybe not – in this wickedly sharp, page-turning novel that turns the world of agenting inside out and lays bare all the ambition, adrenalin and yes, luck, at the center of one young woman’s success. 3842588 2008 The Agency total:148|5:11|4:47|3:66|2:21|1:11| 148 464 283 81 2 1 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 05:07:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 02:57:36 -0800 2009
What do you get with a chick-lit book about the world of agents that was co-written by an agent and "an international bestselling author of suspense novels"? You get a book that is marginally suspenseful and checks ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 02:55:34 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 03:17:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 15:15:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 15:15:22 -0800 2009
At first I had doubts about the book, and felt I could not connect with the writer and story, because there were so many London locations pointed out, that I felt lost...(never being to London myse...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 30 05:45:53 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 14:08:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 05:44:47 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 18:34:39 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 22:41:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 22:41:17 -0800 2009 Tess is a 36 year old literary agent working for Bardwright Agency. After her boss dies, the next person to take the "throne" is the evil Cosima, who hate...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:23:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:35:20 -0800 2009
“Sex, drugs, and literature...”, well Sarah Ivens allow me to disagree. The only “literature” I see in this book are some pinched and misquoted lines fro...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 01 21:12:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:12:52 -0800 2009
At first I didn’t think I would like this story but on page 6 when Tess describe...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 10:51:50 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 11:24:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 23 10:36:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 10:47:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:42:15 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:47:43 -0700 2009 The Agency follows Tess, an entertainment agent in her mid-thirties who lives in Londom; she's battling some shake-ups at her agency that could negatively affect her, and is having some affairs with important people to boot. Standard chick lit. Problem was, it wasn't done well. Tess wasn't very l...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 20:14:46 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 12:23:45 -0800 2008
Strong characters’, language, easy to read. Though Tess seemed to be a selfish woman at the beginning of the book, I believe she started seeing herself in the eyes of the people around her, especially her ex-best friend Saleema and her soon to be ex-boss Cosima. What struck me most abo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 13:38:03 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 12:33:02 -0800 2008 The Agency was an engrossing and quick romp through the underhanded world of media agencies. While it was a little bit predictable; I figured out all of the secret villains half way through, I knew exactly how the fur coat would be used when Tess opened it, and I never thought the wardrobe malfuncti...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 13:19:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 20:26:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 11:58:15 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 15:59:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 18:06:48 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:58:32 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 18:06:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 02 11:40:36 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:44:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:04:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:07:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:42:19 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 12:38:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 22:31:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 22:36:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3798403