02533cam a2200325 4500 759863530 TxAuBib 20220110120000.0 211207s2021||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781432893163 lg. print : alk. paper 1432893165 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Thornton, Stephanie, 1980- A most clever girl [Large Type Book] : a novel of an American spy / Stephanie Marie Thornton. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2021. 649 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print core. "1963--Reeling from the death of her mother and President Kennedy's assassination, Catherine Gray shows up on Elizabeth Bentley's doorstep demanding answers to the shocking mystery she just uncovered about her family. What she doesn't expect is for Bentley to ensnare her in her own story of becoming a controversial World War II spy and Cold War informer... Recruited by the American Communist Party to spy on fascists at the outbreak of World War II, a young Bentley--code name Clever Girl--finds she has an unexpected gift for espionage. But after falling desperately in love with her handler, Elizabeth makes another surprise discovery when she learns he is actually a Russian spy. Together, they will build the largest Soviet spy network in America and Elizabeth will become its uncrowned Red Spy Queen. However, once the war ends and the U.S. and U.S.S.R. become embroiled in the Cold War, it is Elizabeth who will dangerously clash with the NKVD, the brutal Soviet espionage agency. As Catherine listens to Elizabeth's harrowing tale, she discovers that the women's lives are linked in shocking ways. Faced with the idea that her entire existence is based on a lie, Catherine realizes that only Elizabeth Bentley can tell her what the truth really is"--Provided by the publisher. 20220110. Bentley, Elizabeth 1908-1963 Fiction. Communist Party of the United States of America Fiction. Communism United States Fiction. Women spies Fiction. Informers United States Fiction. Espionage, Soviet United States Fiction. Spy stories. Thorndike Press large print core. RV8