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Who Is Vera Kelly?

Written by: Rosalie Knecht
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
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New 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 coming-of-age story, Who Is Vera Kelly? introduces an original, wry, and whip-smart female spy for the 21st century.

A Huffington Post Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018

A BookRiot Pick of Most Anticipated Novels of 2018

A Bustle Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018
©2018 Rosalie Knecht (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Women Sleuths Historical Espionage Literature & Fiction LGBTQ2S+ Literary Fiction
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What the critics say

"Narrator Elisabeth Rodgers flawlessly portrays Vera as a troubled teenager and as the conflicted more mature operative who is trying to do the right thing in the powder keg of pre-coup Buenos Aires. Rodgers's facility with the Spanish phrases and place names brings to life Vera's experience in Argentina. The result is a captivating listening experience." (AudioFile)

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More literary than action

If you approach this book looking for a spy thriller or a lesbian romance, you may be disappointed; but I found the character and setting compelling and I learned some interesting history.

I'll be reading the next book in the series.

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