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“American Spy" a novel by Lauren Wilkinson  

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When Marlon James promises that a book “will snatch your summer away” and says “there has never been anything like it,” you listen! That was James’ praise for Lauren Wilkinson’s “American Spy.”

The novel holds all the thrills and twists and tension of your favorite spy novels, but it stars a character who stands out from the usual club of spies we’re asked to follow in fiction. Marie Mitchell is a high performer within the FBI, running sources and seeking intelligence in mid-80s New York City, with the Cold War still driving everyone’s efforts. But, as a young black woman, she’s hit a wall and isn’t allowed to advance beyond her office’s expectations of her.

So, she takes a new mission: She becomes entangled in a plot to undermine a powerful Communist leader. But there’s more at play than international politics. Threats to her life, the mysterious death of her sister, and the questions of race, family and how you know what’s right all mix and twist throughout the novel.

If you think you’re full up on Cold War thrillers, this one takes you down a different road.

-Tracy Mumford

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