What She Will Become

Zusatztext

As the turbulent Kennedy administration begins, Alexandra Zsofia Bel, a congressional staffer with a suspicious past, investigates the murder of a State Department lawyer despite risks to her own life. Alex has changed her last name to Bell, her hair color to blond, and her life story to middle-class American to get a job in government. She had hoped to keep her personal history a secret in her new life in Washington, but she risks exposure to catch a murderer before J. Edgar Hoover's FBI catches her first.Alex finds the corruption in the nation's capital stinks like the sewage-laden Potomac River. She, along with her little dog Miss Bea, a cynical beagle and Jack Russell mix, follow the scent, and she also has to use new Washington contacts as well as her family's connections to find the killer and reveal a conspiracy. This novel is the first of a planned series featuring Alex Bell that will be set in the volatile decade of the 1960s.

Autorenportrait

Susan Thistlethwaite is the author of three previous mystery novels in a contemporary series featuring Kristin Ginelli, a Chicago policewoman turned junior professor.<i>What She Will Become</i> is her first historical mystery. Prior to fiction writing, Thistlethwaite was a professor (19842018) and president (19982008) at Chicago Theological Seminary. She has written or edited thirteen academic books.<br>

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