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Vera Kelly is not a mystery
2020
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A sequel to Who Is Vera Kelly? finds the gay ex-CIA agent tackling her first case as a private investigator when a search for a foster child takes her from the Dominican Republic to the Caribbean. Original. - (Baker & Taylor)

"When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes into business as a private detective. Heartbroken and cash-strapped, she takes a case that dredges up dark memories and attracts dangerous characters from across the Cold War landscape. Before it's over, she'll chase a lost child through foster care and follow a trail of Dominican exiles to the Caribbean. Forever looking over her shoulder, she nearly misses what's right in front of her: her own desire forhome, connection, and a new romance at the local bar. In this exciting second installment of the Vera Kelly series, Rosalie Knecht challenges and deepens the Vera we love: a woman of sparkling wit, deep moral fiber, and martini-dry humor who knows how tofollow a case even as she struggles to follow her heart"-- - (Baker & Taylor)

When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes into business as a private detective. Heartbroken and cash-strapped, she takes a case that dredges up dark memories and attracts dangerous characters from across the Cold War landscape. Before it’s over, she’ll chase a lost child through foster care and follow a trail of Dominican exiles to the Caribbean. Forever looking over her shoulder, she nearly misses what’s right in front of her: her own desire for home, connection, and a new romance at the local bar.In this exciting second installment of the Vera Kelly series, Rosalie Knecht challenges and deepens the Vera we love: a woman of sparkling wit, deep moral fiber, and martini-dry humor who knows how to follow a case even as she struggles to follow her heart. - (WW Norton)

* A Lambda Literary Award Finalist *People - (WW Norton)

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Now out of the CIA, Vera Kelly (Who Is Vera Kelly?, 2018) is left by her girlfriend and fired from her news job for being a person who lives that way on the same day. She may know who she is, but fitting that persona into the New York of 1967 is another thing altogether. Vera sets up her own PI shop, and, after some demoralizing work revealing cheating spouses, a real challenge appears. The son of a prominent Dominican family has gone missing, and the boy's uncle, Mr. Ibarra, implores Vera's help. Vera again dives undercover, this time as a caseworker at a boys' home, a film scout in the DR, and a beard to a gay political reporter she meets poolside. As the stakes skyrocket, she wonders if she'll ever get back to her new girlfriend, and she's awfully glad she packed that gun after all. Knecht's writing is evocative and spare, stylish and brooding, making this mystery series compulsively readable and offering a refreshing spin on atmospheric noir with a compelling queer historical frame. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.

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