Steinhauer The Cairo Affair

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ISBN: 978-1-78239-269-9
Verlag: Corvus
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Sophie Kohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband Emmett, a mid-level diplomat at the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIA agent, has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat when he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to ask why her husband has been assassinated. Jibril Aziz, an American analyst, knows more about Stumbler, a covert operation rejected by the CIA years ago, than anyone. So when it appears someone else has obtained a copy of the blueprints, Jibril knows the danger it represents... As these players converge on the city of Cairo, Olen Steinhauer's masterful manipulations slowly craft a portrait of a marriage, a jigsaw puzzle of loyalty and betrayal, against a dangerous world of political games where allegiances are never clear and outcomes are never guaranteed.

Grew up in Virginia, lived in Austin, San Francisco, Boston, Brooklyn, and other places in the States, as well as Romania (on a Fulbright research fellowship), Italy, and Hungary (where I've lived since 2002, now with my wife and daughter). An MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, a BA in English from the University of Texas, Austin. Semester in Zagreb, Fall/Winter 1989 (when the Wall fell). First novel (The Bridge of Sighs) nominated for 5 awards, including the CWA Historical Dagger. Two Edgar nominations to my credit. The Tourist was nominated for the SpecSavers CWA Ian Fleming Silver Dagger and reached the New York Times bestseller list. It's also being developed for a feature film by Warner Bros and Smoke House Productions, starring George Clooney.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinhauer, Olen