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Who Is Vera Kelly? Audiobook, by Rosalie Knecht Play Audiobook Sample

Who Is Vera Kelly? Audiobook

Who Is Vera Kelly? Audiobook, by Rosalie Knecht Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Elisabeth Rodgers Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Vera Kelly Series Release Date: June 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781538521755

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

43

Longest Chapter Length:

52:53 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

01:21 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

09:32 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

Other Audiobooks Written by Rosalie Knecht: > View All...

Publisher Description

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 twenty-first century.

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“Narrator Elisabeth Rodgers’…facility with the Spanish phrases and place names brings to life Vera’s experience in Argentina. The result is a captivating listening experience. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • "[A] gripping, subtle, magnificently written new spy novel.”

    — New York Times
  • “A slow-burn espionage thriller, a complex treatment of queer identity, and an immersive period piece all rolled into one delectable page-turner.”

    — Entertainment Weekly
  • “This is the literary spy novel you need in your life.”

    — Bustle magazine
  • “There’s political intrigue, spy craft, solid location work, and all the things you would want from espionage fiction.”

    — Crime Reads
  • “Noir and full of ambiguities, doubles, and double-crosses.”

    — Literary Hub
  • “A buzzing, smoky, gin-soaked charmer…[with] all the edgy fun of classic noir but in an original voice that’s fresh, brisk, and snappy.”

    — Library Journal
  • “By the end of Who is Vera Kelly? the reader is rooting for Vera to claim her much deserved personal freedom as much as succeed as a spy.”

    — NPR
  • “The character readers have been waiting for. A riveting, satisfying novel.”

    — Kirkus Reviews
  • “A tangled, atmospheric story that gradually builds suspense to a satisfyingly surprising denouement.”

    — Booklist
  • “The twisty, literary, woman-driven spy novel you’ve always wanted to read.”

    — Amy Stewart, author of Girl Waits with Gun
  • “A truly fresh and original take on the spy novel..[with] a memorable heroine who seems destined to become an icon of the genre.”

    — Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will
  • “Sardonic, intelligent, and thrillingly original. I loved this book and I loved Vera.”

    — Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here without You
  • “Knecht imbues the novel with emotional depth that allows for meditation on human connection and the ties that bind us to life’s worth.”

    — Kristin Martin, author of Shadow Crown

Awards

  • A Huffington Post Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018
  • A Bustle Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018
  • An Audible Pick of Most Anticipated Listens for Spring
  • A Literary Hub Pick for June
  • A New York Times Pick of 6 Pulse-Pounding Summer Thrillers
  • An Amazon Best Book of the Month in Mysteries & Thrillers
  • A Harper’s Bazaar Pick for June
  • A Chicago Review of Books Pick for June
  • An Elle Magazine Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018
  • An Entertainment Weekly Pick for June
  • A Crime Reads Pick of Best Crime Books of June
  • Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
  • A them selection of the Top 10 Queer Books of 2018
  • A BookRiot Pick of Best Mystery and Thriller Audiobooks
  • A BuzzFeed Books Pick of Perfect Audiobooks for Summer Road-Tripping
  • An NPR Best Book of the Year

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About Rosalie Knecht

Rosalie Knecht is the author of Who is Vera Kelly? and Relief Map, and the translator of César Aira’s The Seamstress and the Wind. She lives in New Jersey.

About Elisabeth Rodgers

Elisabeth Rodgers is an actress and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. After graduating from Princeton University, she completed a two-year program at William Esper Studio, where she studied with Maggie Flanigan. Her audiobook narration training came from Robin Miles, who has also directed her in several productions. She has recorded dozens of books for a multitude of publishers.