VERITY KENT

Full Name:	Verity Kent
Nationality:	British
Organization:	British Intelligence
Occupation	Agent

Creator:	Anna Lee Huber
Time Span:	2017 - 2024

ABOUT THE SERIES

Verity Kent is a former agent with the British Secret Service.

As a 'former' operative Kent was fully expecting that all the work she did for that organization would be behind her, and she would be right - sort of. She will discover that the experiences she had and the training she received, especially in the field where her life depended upon learning quickly and correctly, would make her far more attuned to what was happening around her and that, plus a natural curiosity that cannot be quelched, will cause her to get involve in more than one event touching upon the old days. Throw in the contacts she made as an operative which she will find use for in these new mysteries, and Kent will never be fully out of the 'game' and never out of the danger.

The timeframe for the Kent activities start at 1919. The Great War was just recently concluded and with it the need for her putting her life on the line. We learn soon after meeting her that she had not long ago said goodbye to her war-time clandestine work and returned to the life as a member of the wealthy upper-class in England. That should have meant that she would be spending most of her time lazing about or taking part in charitable endeavors for the less fortunate but as indicated before, that is not the case. Yes, there will be considerable hobnobbing with the titled gentry and other such but she is no longer able to not spot when things are not so perfect as they seem on the surface.

Kent is a young widow - likely in her early 20s - who had fallen in love with the handsome and fascinating Sidney Kent and as the rest of England was heading off to war in 1914, she, at the age of 18, agreed to marry him. A short engagement followed by a very short honeymoon and then he was gone off to the horrid trenches and she was left needing something to do. That is when she went to work as a secretary and translator for the covert organization no one ever actually referred to as the Secret Service. This would lead to increased involvement in the operations of that group and eventually to "clandestine assignments I'd taken on later in the war, traveling into war-torn Belgium and France".

Within a short time we will learn that Sidney is not dead - the reasons for the subterfuge playing major roles in their lives thereafter - and the days of putting her life in peril are far from over.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	7
First Appearance:	2017
Last Appearance:	2024


1			This Side of Murder Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2017 The year is 1919. "Verity Kent’s grief over the loss of her husband pierces anew when she receives a cryptic letter suggesting her beloved Sidney may have committed treason before his untimely death. Determined to dull her pain with revelry, Verity’s first impulse is to dismiss the claim. But the mystery sender knows too much—including the fact that during the war, Verity worked for the Secret Service, something not even Sidney knew."

2			Treacherous Is the Night Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2018 The year is 1919. "Verity Kent can sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she’s discovered Sidney is very much alive, Verity is having enough trouble connecting with her estranged husband, never mind the dead. Still, at a friend’s behest, Verity attends a séance with a medium claiming to channel sensitive information from a surprising source: a woman Verity once worked with in the Secret Service. Refusing to believe her former colleague is dead—let alone divulging secrets—Verity is determined to uncover the source of the medium’s top-secret revelation. But her investigation is thwarted when the spiritualist is murdered. As once-trusted Secret Service agents turn their backs on her, Verity heads to war-torn Belgium, with Sidney by her side. But as they draw ever closer to danger, Verity wonders if she’s about to learn the true meaning of till death do us part."

3			Penny for Your Secrets Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2019 The year is 1919. "The Great War may be over, but for many, there are still obstacles on the home front. Reconciling with her estranged husband makes Verity sympathetic to her friend Ada’s marital difficulties. Bourgeois-bred Ada, recently married to the Marquess of Rockham, is overwhelmed trying to navigate the ways of the aristocracy. And when Lord Rockham is discovered shot through the heart with a bullet from Ada’s revolver, Verity fears her friend has made a fatal blunder. While striving to prove Ada’s innocence, Verity is called upon for another favor. The sister of a former Secret Service colleague has been killed in what authorities believe was a home invasion gone wrong. The victim’s war work—censoring letters sent by soldiers from the front—exposed her to sensitive, disturbing material. Verity begins to suspect these two unlikely cases may be linked."

4			A Pretty Deceit Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2020 The year is 1919. "Peacetime has brought little respite for Verity Kent. Intrigue still abounds, even within her own family. As a favor to her father, Verity agrees to visit his sister in Wiltshire. Her once prosperous aunt has fallen on difficult times and is considering selling their estate. But there are strange goings-on at the manor, including missing servants, possible heirloom forgeries, and suspicious rumors—all leading to the discovery of a dead body on the grounds. While Verity and her husband, Sidney, investigate this new mystery, they are also on the trail of an old adversary—the shadowy and lethal Lord Ardmore."

5			Murder Most Fair Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2021 The year is 1919. "A relaxing few weeks by the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then Verity’s beloved Great-Aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep. After years in war-ravaged Germany, Ilse has returned to England to repair her fragile health—and to escape trouble. Someone has been sending her anonymous threats, and Verity’s Secret Service contacts can only provide unsettling answers. Even deep in the Yorkshire Dales, where she joins Verity’s family for the holidays, Ilse encounters difficulties. Normally peaceful neighbors are hostile, seeking someone to blame for the losses they’ve endured. When Ilse’s maid is found dead, Verity must uncover whether this is anti-German sentiment taken to murderous lengths, or whether there is a more personal motive at work."

6			A Certain Darkness Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2022 The year is 1920. "Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. As threats remain, the French authorities soon request Sidney’s help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treason—shortly before she is assassinated. And Verity, too, is called to investigate a mystery . . . The murder of a Belgian lawyer aboard a train seems at first to be a simple case of revenge. But the victim was connected to British Intelligence, and possessed papers detailing the sinking of a gold-laden German ship during the war."

7			The Cold Light of Day Written by Anna Lee Huber Copyright: 2024 The year is 1920. "The streets of Dublin seethe with revolution as the Irish Republican Army clashes with British authorities. Roving assassination squads mean nowhere is truly safe, particularly for Verity Kent and her war hero husband, Sidney. Given their celebrity as society darlings and intrepid sleuths, they must tread carefully to go unnoticed—nearly impossible when they are called upon to search for Verity’s fellow spy and friend - Captain Alec Xavier has seemingly vanished after traveling to Dublin to infiltrate the IRA at its highest levels."

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