He is a good writer. I also read to end and my attention span isn't good! I think the switching between what happened, what he felt and just the plain "daily WTF" rediculousness of the situations is what kept me locked in.
You should. Men drop their guards in front of women, especially old women. I expect a lot of active agents in the field look like/are grandmas for this reason.
I assumed the author was a she…