Fidelity
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In the gripping debut novel from Jan Fedarcyk, “the FBI’s First Lady” (Vanity Fair), a brilliant young FBI agent named Kay Malloy joins the counterintelligence unit in New York City with devastating consequences—both personal and professional.
Kay Malloy always knew hers would be a life of service. Following the tragic death of her humanitarian parents, Kay and her brother, Christopher, were raised in a world of wealth and culture by their godparents. With ambition and selflessness, Kay takes a job at the FBI to honor her parent’s legacy, while Christopher’s life grows increasingly aimless.
After rising quickly through the ranks and working for an elite counterterrorism unit in New York, Kay struggles to find her footing. When she is assigned to investigate the leak of Russian government intelligence operatives alongside the CIA, she knows this is her chance to prove she deserves a place in the department. As danger mounts and conflicting leads cloud the investigation, Kay suddenly finds she must make the impossible choice between those she loves and the country she’s sworn to protect.
Filled with insider detail from retired FBI Special Agent Jan Fedarcyk, the first woman to lead the FBI’s prestigious New York Office, Fidelity is a “compelling” (Publishers Weekly) and thrilling look into the world of counterterrorism as well as the gripping story of one woman’s fight to honor both love and duty.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A successful operation against a drug dealer in Baltimore gets ambitious FBI agent Kay Malloy, the heroine of retired FBI agent Fedarcyk's compelling debut, promoted to the bureau's counterintelligence unit in New York City, where, much to her disappointment, her duties are mostly deskbound. Kay believes that an assignment to investigate the disappearance of several Russian double agents will prove her skills to her colleagues and her legendary supervisor, Susan Jeffries, one of the few women to hold such a high position. The Russians target Kay for blackmail, as they have other agents, but the only skeleton in her closet is an unfailing devotion to her older brother, Christopher, a screwup who sometimes uses drugs. Meanwhile, Kay must navigate a swamp of betrayal within the agency. Fedarcyk, the sole woman to have headed the FBI's New York office as assistant director in charge, complements her perceptive study of the driven Kay with vivid details about international politics and the bureau's inner workings.
