The Tourist series by Olen Steinhauer

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1. The Tourist
2. The Nearest Exit
3. An American Spy (Milo Weaver)
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3 works, 3 primary works

In this New York Times bestselling series of explosive suspense thrillers, Milo Weaver is a
tourist for the CIAan undercover agent with no home and no identity. Weaver tries to
leave his life of secrets and lies behind, opting for a CIA desk job. But soon, the layers of
intrigue, betrayal and manipulation pull him back in, and this reluctant spy has no choice
but to return to the field and untangle the mysteries that only he can solve. Olen
Steinhauers spy novels are full of dark secrets, webs of intrigue, and plenty of suspense
and thrills.
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About this author :

New York times best seller Author Olen Steinhauer grew up in Virginia, and has since lived
in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and New York.
Outside the US, he's lived in Croatia (when it was called Yugoslavia), the Czech Republic
and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped
inspire his first five books. He now lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter.

He has published stories and poetry in various literary journals over the years. His first
novel, The Bridge of Sighs (2003), the start of a five-book sequence chronicling Cold War
Eastern Europe, one book per decade, was nominated for five awards.

The second book of the series, The Confession, garnered significant critical acclaim, and 36
Yalta Boulevard (The Vienna Assignment in the UK), made three year-end best-of lists.
Liberation Movements (The Istanbul Variations in the UK), was listed for four best-of lists
and was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel of the year. The final novel in the
series, Victory Square, published in 2007, was a New York Times editor's choice.

With The Tourist, he has left the Cold War behind, beginning a trilogy of spy tales focused
on international deception in the post 9/11 world. Happily, George Clooney's Smoke House
Films has picked up the rights, with Mr. Clooney scheduled to star.
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