Friday, August 14, 2020

Vera Kelly is not a mystery

Vera Kelly is not a mystery / Rosalie Knecht, 253 pages.

I read and enjoyed the first book in this series but was confounded by at least some of it.  This book improves on everything I liked about the last one and leaves out all the parts I didn't quite understand.  A total win!  Vera is an interesting character who has all the toughness and attitude that she needs to get a job done.  She has left the employ of the CIA after her last mission where she felt abandoned.  She puts out a shingle as a private investigator.  After many run of the mill surveillance type jobs, she gets a lovely couple looking for their nephew who has gone missing.  The story turns out much more exciting and gives us a look into some international politics and intrigue.  Vera manages it all with her sublime dry humor. 

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