Query Letter #6

And the final one. I realized that the problem with #5 was the order.  I had a nice lead off line.  But then I needed to show where Swan was coming from instead of doing it the other way around.  So here is what I hope is my final version.

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The last thing Swan Shreve needs is a crazy old lady with a gun following her around.  She’s already been feeling like a loser standing small ever since she graduated with a Ph.D. in English and took a job as a secretary at a weapons company to make ends meet while all her friends got tenure tracks teaching Aphra Behn to sleeping freshmen.  Now, Mrs. Hamel turns up out of nowhere, announces she’s a spy and says she needs Swan’s help.  Swan thinks the old bat needs a retirement home and medication.  But Mrs. Hamel isn’t crazy.  The Strategic Secretarial Services (SSS) is real and when a coworker is murdered, Swan needs all Mrs. Hamel's guns and help to stay alive.