6/27/2023 0 Comments American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson![]() At first, Marie is reluctant to accept the job, but her desire to make something more of her life-and perhaps her despair over the mysterious death of her sister-convinces her otherwise. The CIA needs Marie to get close to and undermine Robert Sankara, the revolutionary president of the tiny West African nation of Burkina Faso. So she is more than surprised when she is approached to work undercover for the CIA in a high-profile case. ![]() Even though she proves more than adept at both physical combat techniques and mental manipulation of her own “recruits”-the kind of stuff that only the best spies are capable of-Marie is consigned to being a paper pusher for much of her career in the FBI. In the ensuing pages, Marie recounts her early childhood infatuation with spies, such as James Bond in Goldfinger, and her own family’s role in law enforcement, from her father’s position in the Harlem police department to her sister Helene’s work as an Army intelligence officer. ![]() So begins Lauren Wilkinson’s debut novel, American Spy, which chronicles the life of a black woman recruited to the CIA during the height of the Cold War. ![]() ![]() After a break-in at her home in which she is forced to defend herself from an assassin, Marie Mitchell decides to document her life for the benefit of her children in case she is one day killed. ![]()
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