“Olen Steinhauer evokes the work of spy novel greats like John le Carré with his new novel, The Tourist…As in the best of le Carre'swork, the clandestine world of The Tourist is as much about bureaucrats as it is about black bag ops. “Smart… He excels when the focus is on Weaver an intriguing, damaged man yearning to break free of his dark profession.”- People

“Remember John le Carré…when he wrote about beaten-down, morally directionless spies? In other words, when he was good? Thats how Olen Steinhauer writes in this tale of a world-weary spook who cant escape the old game.”- Time Steinhauer, the two-time Edgar Award nominee…can be legitimately mentioned alongside of John le Carré.” The New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice) “The kind of PRINCIPLED HERO we long to believe still exists in fiction, if not in life.” “ TOUR DE FORCE… First-rate popular fiction… The Tourist is SERIOUS ENTERTAINMENT that raises interesting questions.”- Washington Post But when the arrest of a long-sought-after assassin sets off an investigation into a colleague, exposing new layers of intrigue in his old cases, he has no choice but to go back undercover and find out whos been behind it allfrom the very beginning. Now hes working a desk at the agencys New York headquarters. Milo Weaver has tried to leave his old life of secrets and lies behind by giving up his job as a “tourist” for the CIA-an undercover agent with no home, no identity. A New York Times Notable Book of the YearĪs rich and intriguing as the best of Le Carré, Deighton or Graham Greene, Steinhauers complex, moving spy novel is perfect for our uncertain, emotionally fraught times.”

The tourist by olen steinhauer