A fast-paced, fashionable, and "intriguing novel [that] may not be as far-fetched as you think" from the author ofSpy in a Little Black Dress(Kitty Kelley,New York Timesbestselling author ofJackie Oh!).
Young Jacqueline Bouvier's first CIA assignment was supposed to be simple: Meet with a high-ranking Russian while he's in Paris and help him defect. But when the Comrade ends up dead, and Jackie-in her black satin peep-toe stiletto heels-barely escapes his killer, it's time to get some assistance. Enter Jacques Rivage, a French photographer and freelance CIA agent who seems too brash and carefree to grapple with spies, though he's all too able to make Jackie's heart skip a beat.
Together the two infiltrate 1951 high society in the City of Lights, rubbing shoulders with the likes of the Duchess of Windsor, Audrey Hepburn, and Evelyn Waugh. Jackie, no longer a pampered debutante, draws on her quick intelligence, equestrian skills, and even her Chanel No. 5 atomizer as a weapon to stay alive in the shadowy world of international intrigue-and to keep her date with a certain up-and-coming, young Congressman from Massachusetts . . .
Maxine Kennethis the writing team of Maxine Schnall and Kenneth Salikof.
Ken Salikofis a special contributor to the
New York Daily News' Page Views, a reviewer for
Publishers Weekly, and an award-winning screenwriter (for
Ernest Hemingway Slept Here). Ken has sold scripts to New World Cinema, HBO, Nickelodeon, and several independent producers and has edited many bestselling novels. Follow him on twitter at @kensalikof.
Maxine Schnallis the author of six non-fiction books and one novel, including
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger(Da Capo, 2003); the Pulitzer Prize nominee
Limits: A Search for New Values(Clarkson Potter, 1982); a former contributing editor with
Woman's Dayand CBS radils0