But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American. In the year that follows, Marie will observe Thomas, seduce him, and ultimately, have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. Become a member of the Now Read This book club by joining our Facebook group, or by. Yes, even though a furious part of her suspects she's being offered the job because of her appearance and not her talent. Our June 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Lauren Wilkinson’s American Spy. Yes, even though she is still grieving the mysterious death of her sister, whose example led Marie to this career path in the first place. Yes, even though she secretly admires the work Thomas is doing for his country. So when she's given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic, revolutionary president of Burkina Faso, whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. She's brilliant but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club, and her career has stalled out she's overlooked for every high profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. AMERICAN SPY is a Cold War thriller that both embraces and transcends the spy genre telling the captivating story of Marie Mitchell, a Black FBI agent who gets recruited by the CIA for a mysterious mission in West Africa. What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love? One woman struggles to choose between her honor and her heart in this espionage drama. Lauren Wilkinson is a first time novelist of extraordinary intelligence and talent.
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