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Need to know : a novel

Cleveland, Karen. (Author).

Vivian and Matt are a seemingly normal suburban couple, experiencing the same struggles as many North American families: juggling work and children, budgeting for a house in a decent school district. They're in love and life is good. Though Vivian can't share much about her CIA assignment with him, Matt has always been supportive, and his job as a software engineer allows him the flexibility needed to raise their four kids. But when she makes a startling discovery researching the CIA's Russian account, everything about her life and her marriage is cast in a new light--forcing her to make impossible and dangerous choices before she loses her job, her family and her life.

Book  - 2018
FIC Cleve
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  • ISBN: 9780385690904
  • Physical Description 290 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.

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Need to Know
Need to Know
by Cleveland, Karen
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Former CIA analyst Cleveland's debut novel is premised on a big "what if." What if you found out after a decade that the person you married and built a life and a family with was not only keeping a huge secret but actually had entered your life just to learn the secrets of your job? This is exactly what CIA counterintelligence analyst Vivian Miller learns when she uncovers the identities of five Russian sleeper agents and one of them is her husband. By mixing the action of a spy thriller and the internal dialog of a loving wife and mother, Cleveland sends listeners on a journey into the private hell that Vivian's life becomes. Narrator Mia Barron gives a performance that is understated yet elegant. VERDICT This very detailed, exciting thriller is highly recommended. ["A rousing Act II to the excitement of TV's The Americans and the novels of Chris Pavone": LJ 10/1/17 starred review of the Ballantine hc.]-Scott R. DiMarco, Mansfield Univ. of -Pennsylvania Lib. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.