Anna (Tamara Taylor) is a disgraced spy: after living in Saudi Arabia for several years, all other members of her cell have been killed, and the blame (deserved or not) has fallen on her.
Having squandered her salary on various addictions, she agrees to take on a job that will guarantee comfort for the rest of her life: develop an intimate relationship with Camden (Reece Noi), the tutor of Saudi princess Fatma, and gather intel.
[3] Diary of a Spy marks Clark's first foray into a genre space and was generally not as well received critically as his prior works of drama.
Hough of Vague Visages wrote, "'Diary of a Spy' mostly keeps viewers in the dark; it's unclear what makes the main characters tick.
Shelagh Rowan-Legg wrote for Screen Anarchy, "Diary of a Spy takes us into this dark, dangerous world via an often neglected side door, probing this story with observations on human vulnerability and the price of exploiting it.