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Superb new CIA thriller featuring black ops expert Milo Weaver and acclaimed by Lee Child as 'first class - the kind of thing John le Carre might have written'.

In today's CIA, there are hotspots everywhere. And wherever there's trouble, there's a Tourist: the men and women who do the…

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1 author picked The Tourist as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Meet Milow Weaver. Anything by Steinhauer appeals to me, but Milow is one of my favorite spies.

He’s a person with flaws who is trying to escape the dark world of espionage for the sake of his family and his future. His nemesis, a Chinese agent, remains a mysterious, although fearsome, force.

The use of spy craft is exquisite and the novel is clever. I think you’ll like it.

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