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Milo Weaver used to be a "tourist, " an undercover agent with no home, no identity, who has since retired to become a middle-level manager at the CIA's New York headquarters. He's acquired a wife, a daughter, and a brownstone in Brooklyn, and he's tried to leave his old life behind. But when the arr...

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Main Author: Steinhauer, Olen
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Steinhauer, Olen. Milo Weaver ; 1.
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United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Fiction.
Undercover operations > Fiction.
Spy stories > New York.
Suspense fiction > New York.
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Summary:Milo Weaver used to be a "tourist, " an undercover agent with no home, no identity, who has since retired to become a middle-level manager at the CIA's New York headquarters. He's acquired a wife, a daughter, and a brownstone in Brooklyn, and he's tried to leave his old life behind. But when the arrest of a long-sought-after assassin sets off an investigation into one of Milo's oldest colleagues and exposes new layers of intrigue in his old cases, Milo goes back undercover to find out who's holding the strings once and for all.--From publisher description.
Physical Description:408 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780312369729
0312369727
9781250622099
Author Notes:Olen Steinhauer was born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 21, 1970. He received an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College in Boston. After college, he spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright Grant. This experience helped provide the inspiration for his first five books. His works include The Bridge of Sighs, The Cairo Affair, All the Old Knives, and the Milo Weaver Series. In 2010, he received the Hammett Prize for best literary crime novel for The Nearest Exit.

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