This is the second book in a mystery/sleuth series, and while I didn't read the first book, I easily picked this up and got right into the story-line.
Vera is an ex CIA agent who goes into business as a private detective. The books is set in the 1960's and I loved the dry humor and mod type theme set in this book.
While the plot wasn't a huge mystery to me, Vera is so enjoyable that I could easily see this book series continuing and becoming a TV series.

This book was meant to be enjoyed on a long weekend day when you can sit and read for hours. It furthers the story of Vera Kelly, a woman torn between who she wants to be and who she really is. When her new business turns into more than a job, she must reach deep inside her and find the woman she never knew she was and save a young man who has no one else to count on. Rosalie Knecht builds the story one brick at a time until you are surprised by how far Vera has taken you into her confused life. This is a reader's book, not meant for those who skim a story and move on.

Loved this book, just as good as the first and I hope there are many more to come. Vera Kelly is complicated, gutsy, insecure and just a fascinating character. The other characters in the book are just as interesting and the story is interesting in itself. More please!

Not much of a mystery/espionage buff but I really enjoyed this one! Second book in a sleuth-centric series of which I haven't read the first one, so i don't know how it compares to WHO IS VERA KELLY? but this is a good solid spy story with a hint of the noir. I like the unusual choice of a female ex-CIA-turned-PI, and i appreciated the realistic depiction of how persecuted women in general were at this time, but particularly queer women. Pulpy, but entertaining well-written pulp. And, having recently read a "traditional" spy novel absolutely steeped in the male gaze (female characters often appraised for their cup size, an assumption that every woman is thrilled to be groped by a rando, etc), it was refreshing to read a story of that sort free of chop-licking sexism. It's not that Vera is sexless--she meets pretty girls and hooks up with them. She just doesn't treat them like sexual Kleenex. Thumbs up!