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Discuss Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht with other mystery readers in Conference Room 1.
Discuss Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht with other mystery readers in Conference Room 1.
Do you love mysteries with plucky protagonists and quirky casts? Want to talk about them over tea and snacks? Welcome to our newest book club, which focuses on cozy reads!
Place a hold on this month's book, Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht, or pick up a copy at Southwest Library.
A 2021 Edgar Award winner, Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, and an NPR Best Book of the Year
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 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.
Please register so we know how many folks to expect, and so you can be added to the Cozy Book Club email list to find out next month's selection!
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | LGBTQ Pride | Book Club |
