Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story, 1)

ISBN: 1947793012

Author: Knecht, Rosalie

Condition: New

Winner of the 2021 Edgar Award - G.P. Putnams Sons Sue Grafton Memorial AwardFinalist for the Lambda Literary AwardsAn NPR Best Book of the Year"Gripping, subtle, magnificently written." -The New York Times Book Review"A delectable page-turner . . . Vera Kelly introduces a fascinating new spy to literatures mystery canon-one we hope sticks around long beyond this snappy, intimate debut." -Entertainment WeeklyNew York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA.Next thing she knows she's in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists in Buenos Aires. As Vera becomes more and more enmeshed with the young radicals, the fragile local government begins to split at the seams. When a betrayal leaves her stranded in the wake of a coup, Vera learns the Cold War makes for strange and unexpected bedfellows, and she's forced to take extreme measures to save herself.An exhilarating page-turner and perceptive coming-of-age story, Who Is Vera Kelly? introduces an original, wry, and whip-smart female spy for the twenty-first century.