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"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 Carré."" --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"

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Praise for the Milo Weaver series THE TOURIST A protagonist who's as winning as he is wily. --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly [Steinhauer] excels when the focus is on Weaver, an intriguing, damaged man yearning to break free of his dark profession. --People The kind of principled hero we long to believe still exists in fiction, if not in life. --The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) THE NEAREST EXIT Milo Weaver, Steinhauer's hero, is the opposite of Swagger and Reacher--he is conflicted and neurotic and hopelessly sentimental--but no less entertaining. --Malcolm Gladwell, TheNewYorker.com Milo's company is at least as valuable to the series's appeal as is his flair for international trickery. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times AN AMERICAN SPY Olen Steinhauer's Milo Weaver novels are must-reads for lovers of the genre. --The Washington Post Readers are irresistibly drawn into Weaver's dogged struggle to unravel a complicated game of cat and mouse. --USA Today

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Olen Steinhauer is a New York Times bestselling author, a Dashiell Hammett Award winner, a two-time Edgar Award finalist, and has also been nominated for the Anthony, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, Macavity, and Barry awards. He is also the creator of the Epix TV series Berlin Station. He was raised in Virginia, and now divides his time between New York and Budapest.

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