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Zusatztext It would be a high crime to give away . . . the deliciously devious plot, this brew packs a [potent] punch . . . Steinhauer expertly navigates . . . with an aplomb reminiscent of the best of Deighton and John Le Carré. Like those masters of the genre, Steinhauer manages to make the reader care desperately for his characters even as the realities of the spy game mock their every hope of happiness . . . In All the Old Knives [Steinhauer's] upped the ante in ways that enrich the genre while providing a white-knuckle ride Informationen zum Autor Olen Steinhauer is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Cairo Affair, The Tourist and All the Old Knives. He lives with his family in New York and Budapest. Klappentext Celia used to lie for a living. Henry still does. Can they ever trust each other? Six years ago, Henry and Celia were lovers and colleagues, working for the CIA station in Vienna, until terrorists hijacked a plane at the airport. A rescue attempt, staged from the inside, went terribly wrong. Everyone on board was killed. That night has continued to haunt all of those involved; for Henry and Celia, it brought their relationship to an end. Celia left the agency and is now living an ordinary married life in the Californian suburbs. Henry is still with the CIA, and has travelled to the US to see her one more time, to relive the past, maybe, or to put it behind him once and for all . . . All The Old Knives is Olen Steinhauer's most intense, most thrilling and most unsettling novel to date. 'This is one of the sparest, most elegant spy novels I have come across in a long time . . . Written in glistening prose - with not a word wasted - it proves Steinhauer truly is John le Carré's rightful heir' Daily Mail 'There are few writers alive who can transform the mundane with such possibility . . . All The Old Knives remains coiled and alive until the very last page' New York Times 'Deliciously devious . . . Reminiscent of the best of Deighton and John le Carré . . . A white-knuckle ride' Los Angeles Times Olen Steinhauer's most intense, most thrilling and most unsettling novel to date - from the New York Times bestselling author deemed by many to be John le Carré's heir apparent. Zusammenfassung Olen Steinhauer's most intense, most thrilling and most unsettling novel to date – now a major film on Prime Video starring Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton....
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This sneaky little gem . . . Steinhauer sustains the difficult balancing act of melding a heart-racing espionage plot with credible dinner table conversation. He never violates the book's basic premise, not even when his characters begin to have the darkest suspicions about each other . . . Steinhauer specializes in tough showdowns. And the more innocently they begin, the more devastatingly they end New York Times
