The message here: YOU ARE THE GIRL FOR THE JOB, not because you are awesome and flawless (you aren’t nor are you ever going to be), but because of who God is. We can take ourselves out of the running for trying to be the best, and can walk confidently where we are, in triumph and struggle and weakness and courage alike, knowing God has called us to be right where we are. We can own our strengths, our weaknesses, our fears, our vision, etc... For the first time Danni is ready to lift the lid on her secret life as a covert officer. She joined the Met and was recruited as an undercover cop early in her career. Playing the role of dumb Essex girl, she was so successful at taking down criminals she was seconded to forces around the country. Her personal life was less successful – pregnant at twenty-one, she had a disastrous relationship with the father of her child and had to fight for custody. A traumatic second pregnancy later in her career caused her to reassess her priorities. For over a decade Danni Brooke was one of the most effective female undercover cops in the UK, one of a very small number of women in the Met’s elite unit. She was so successful at taking down criminals that she was seconded to forces around the country. I, personally, am not a fan of The Message (which is a pastor’s paraphrasing of the Bible), let alone it being used as a translation, and Jess, like many others, uses it frequently. I’d much rather have actual translations of Scripture referenced, like ESV or New King James (NKJV). However, I do appreciate that she capitalizes pronouns when referring to God and Christ; this shows reverence and there’s a surprising amount of Christian authors who don’t do this.

It’s worth noting that Jess writes in a very authentic and honest way so it feels like you’re sitting in the room with her. I appreciate the way she shares both her past and current struggles/failures, not white-washing anything to make herself look more “qualified”. This book was absolutely right up my street! I love these type of books and this was no exception! Absolutely brilliant read. I just love real life stories of police and being written by a female this was great! The Girl for the Job is an exciting, intriguing and at times jaw-dropping memoir perfect for fans of true crime and dramas like Line of Duty. To be fair, there are some horror stories here: the passes, the belittling, the throwing of ink wells at secretaries’ heads. On the other hand, it was discombobulating to read her determinedly optimistic speculations about “bottom pinching” – such behaviour had died out by the 1980s, at least in the office of Harper’s & Queen, where she worked – in the week that we learned that one in three female NHS surgeons in England have been sexually assaulted by male colleagues in the past five years. In the end, I must admit, I hardly knew what to think about this book. I love Maxtone Graham’s curiosity, wit and nose for eccentricity; I’m obsessed with the De La Warr Laboratories, and long to put them in a novel. But ultimately, Jobs for the Girls is just too horribly partial for me to love it as I did British Summer Time Begins.

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I learned a great deal from this book. I learned that God has chosen me to be where I am now, doing what I do, according to His purpose. I had feelings of being unqualified, inadequate, and unusable, but through You Are the Girl For the Job, I realized that these are just feelings, not the truth. This book was solid in many ways. It's the pep talk we all need to face our fears and answer God's call. I really appreciate Jess's message that is so much more centered on God's ability than ours. She speaks to fears and gives good encouragement for naming God's call in our lives and taking the bold next step of faith.

In 2014 she got a call that would set her on a whole new career path and today she has found happiness and stability with fellow Hunted investigator Ben Owen. With powerful insights and heart-pumping hope, bestselling author Jess Connolly is here to coach you through six steps toward empowered purpose: Going undercover isn’t for everyone,’ says Danni, 38. ‘My life was full of danger every day and I couldn’t tell my friends or family what I did for a living. My mum didn’t even know! There were definitely times I was in too deep but somehow I always got away with it. Now I’m prepared to share the secrets of my double life for the first time.’In her honest, warm and gripping memoir, Danni also reveals why she left the police, how she found a new career (and love) on C4’s Hunted – and why the thrill of covert work still pulls her into private investigations.