Who Is Vera Kelly?

by Rosalie Knecht · 2018

In the gritty summer of 1962 New York, Vera Kelly scrapes by on night shifts at a radio station while navigating Greenwich Village’s underground gay scene. When her razor‑sharp wit, technical savvy, and fearless tongue catch the eye of a CIA recruiter, she is thrust into a covert world far from the city’s neon lights. Sent to Buenos Aires, Vera is tasked with wire‑tapping a congressman and infiltrating a fiery student activist group. As she becomes entangled with the radicals, Argentina’s fragile government teeters on the brink of collapse. A sudden betrayal leaves her stranded amid a violent coup, forcing Vera to confront the chaotic alliances of the Cold War and take desperate measures to survive. Rosalie Knecht’s debut delivers a fast‑paced, razor‑wry coming‑of‑age thriller that introduces a smart, unapologetically queer female spy for the twenty‑first‑century mystery canon.