All the Old Knives

from atticusfinch1048

All The Old Knives - An Interesting Spy Story Olen Steinhauer is often compared to John Le Carre with his writing, and he is certainly a master of writing Spy Thrillers and has a prodigious output which is not comparable to many writers. All The Old Knives is a small but punchy spy thriller that ...

from Jcambridge

I really liked this book, better than The Tourist, which was the first Steinhauer novel I read. Having the story develop from two people having dinner really worked. Readers may also want to pick up Herman Koch's The Dinner, which uses a similar premise but has a shocking back story and revelatio...

from antao

They Do Things Differently There: "All the Old Knives" by Olen Steinhauer"One part of my history is gone. That gaggle of friends has disappeared. This collection of embarrassing memories can no longer be discovered by someone going through my stuff. [ ] It was always about the future. What's that...

from jbarr5

All the old knives by Olan Steinhauer Sounded like a good book. Starts out with Henry Colham and he's leaving CA, plane is delayed. Celia Fabrough he plans to visit before he heads back to Vienna. She's now married to Drew and 2 boys. She left the spy career behind. Story goes back in time and we...

from TBones

This title had such a great twist and had me trying to figure out the how's and why's of the situation. I enjoyed how things switched back and forth between the perspectives of the main characters, and seeing how dangerous a world these CIA operatives worked and lived in made me wonder how close ...