In The Tourist , Olen Steinhauer--twice nominated for the Edgar Award--tackles an intricate story of betrayal and manipulation, loyalty and risk, in an utterly compelling novel that is both thoroughly modern and yet also reminiscent of the espionage genre's most touted luminaries. "Here's the best spy novel I've ever read that wasn't written by John le Carr�." --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly In Olen Steinhauer's explosive New York Times bestseller, Milo Weaver has tried to leave his old life of secrets and lies behind by giving up his job as a tourist for the CIA--an undercover agent with no home, no identity--and working a desk at the CIA's New York headquarters. But staying retired from the field becomes impossible when the arrest of a long-sought-after assassin sets off an investigation into one of Milo's oldest colleagues and friends. With new layers of intrigue being exposed in his old cases, he has no choice but to go back undercover and find out who's been pulling the strings once and for all. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Tourist includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide
Milo Weaver Series
This sophisticated thriller series plunges into the life of an intelligence operative accustomed to a rootless existence, constantly shedding identities. He attempts to retreat to a quiet life, but the complex web of espionage, betrayal, and manipulation inevitably draws him back. Facing shifting allegiances and profound moral ambiguities, he must navigate a world where trust is a luxury and the line between duty and deception is razor-thin. These stories offer a compelling look at the personal cost of a life lived in the shadows.




Recommended Reading Order
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Een Amerikaanse geheim agent, die zijn opdracht om een meisje uit Moldavië te vermoorden niet uitvoert, krijgt mede hierdoor te maken met intriges van de Duitse en Amerikaanse geheime diensten.
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An American Spy
- 530 pages
- 19 hours of reading
Milo Weaver is unwillingly drawn into his bosses' plans for revenge against the Chinese agent who orchestrated the deaths of 33 tourists. Steinhauer, the best espionage writer in a generation, delivers a searing international thriller.
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New York Times bestselling author Olen Steinhauer brings back Milo Weaver in a new novel. In Olen Steinhauer’s bestseller An American Spy, reluctant CIA agent Milo Weaver thought he had finally put “Tourists”—CIA-trained assassins—to bed. A decade later, Milo is hiding out in Western Sahara when a young CIA analyst arrives to question him about a series of suspicious deaths and terrorist chatter linked to him. Their conversation is soon interrupted by a new breed of Tourists intent on killing them both, forcing them to run. As he tells his story, Milo is joined by colleagues and enemies from his long history in the world of intelligence, and the young analyst wonders what to believe. He wonders, too, if he’ll survive this interview. After three standalone novels, Olen Steinhauer returns to the series that made him a bestseller.