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stevenikaye's review against another edition
4.0
I have to admit I was skeptical Steinhauer would be able to manage a sequel to The Tourist. But he pulled it off, making Milo Weaver's life even more complicated than it was before without wrapping things up too neatly.
bookfan_25's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this. A really great plot that is both complex and easy to follow with all the subtleties a good spy thriller should have. If you enjoy a good spy novel then read this and the others in the Tourism series, you won't be disappointed.
bethpeninger's review against another edition
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this reader's copy. In exchange, I am providing an honest review.
This book picks up mere weeks following the first book in the series, The Tourist. Milo is back in the field...reluctantly...and being tested by his own people. He's fed up. Tina, his wife, and Stephanie, his daughter, miss him and he misses them. Tina isn't sure she can stay married to a man with so many secrets and he doesn't blame her but he can't let her go either. So he quits. But just because you leave the Company doesn't mean the Company has left you.
Another entertaining read in the series. If any of this is how our CIA and other agencies like it around the world behave and operate then I am terrified and kind of disgusted. What a huge expenditure of money, resources, and people's lives for spy games. Mind you, this doesn't mean I will stop reading these stories but I read them hoping they are just stories more than reality.
This book picks up mere weeks following the first book in the series, The Tourist. Milo is back in the field...reluctantly...and being tested by his own people. He's fed up. Tina, his wife, and Stephanie, his daughter, miss him and he misses them. Tina isn't sure she can stay married to a man with so many secrets and he doesn't blame her but he can't let her go either. So he quits. But just because you leave the Company doesn't mean the Company has left you.
Another entertaining read in the series. If any of this is how our CIA and other agencies like it around the world behave and operate then I am terrified and kind of disgusted. What a huge expenditure of money, resources, and people's lives for spy games. Mind you, this doesn't mean I will stop reading these stories but I read them hoping they are just stories more than reality.
tracyjw66's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this one so much better than the first! Better story, better writing, a few nice little "oh crap" moments, etc...
And of course I'm casting the movie in my head as I go along... I think this one would make a great movie. I'm loving the Erika S. character!
And of course I'm casting the movie in my head as I go along... I think this one would make a great movie. I'm loving the Erika S. character!
readbooks10's review against another edition
4.0
This is the second book in the Milo Weaver series. Like the first book in the series (The Tourist), I thought this was an excellent contemporary espionage novel. In this book Weaver is estranged from his wife, and back working as a "tourist" for the CIA at various locations in Europe. Weaver is burned out and needs to prove himself to his new boss and complete various "jobs." The book jumps around a bit and I was a little confused at first until I had the time to stay with it, but then I couldn't put it down. A teenage Moldovan girl is found murdered, setting off a series of events involving the CIA, a U.S. senator, German intelligence, a Russian defector, and a Chinese master spy. My favorite character in the book was German intelligence agent Erika Schwartz, an obese middle-aged woman who drinks a bottle of Riesling each night, who ends up working with Weaver. Steinhauer does a great job of creating post-Cold War spy novels.
amazurik1's review against another edition
4.0
These Milo Weaver books disrupt my life. Once you pick it up you can't put it down. Excellent. A very well written spy novel.
jstec's review against another edition
5.0
Who knew I liked spy novels??! I had no idea. The first of this 2 part series (The Tourist)blew me away...and this final one was equally as amazing. Awesome awesome read! More twists and turns than I could have predicted, and was sad to get to the last page.
robinlovesreading's review against another edition
4.0
In the first book of the series, The Tourist, Milo Weaver was drawn back into the lies and secrets that are sometimes the fiber of the CIA in order to investigate one of his own colleagues. He had to go deep, very deep.
Now, Milo has new bosses, and must prove his loyalty. His prior life is yet unknown to them, but he still has rather high reaches in the Department of Tourism, a secret part of the CIA.
In this story, we have a secondary character, Xin Zhu. Milo does whatever he can, and believe me, he does quite a lot, to bring Zhu down. It is busy, graphic, violent and intriguing. Yeah, hard to believe so much could happen in a relatively short period of time, but, after all, it is a spy thriller. Think of a Hollywood blockbuster or two of the same ilk, and you will find yourself enjoying this novel and turning pages faster than you could imagine.
If I hadn't had the third book, An American Spy, already downloaded on my Kindle, I would have thought Milo came to an end in this book.
Many thanks to Minotaur Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
Now, Milo has new bosses, and must prove his loyalty. His prior life is yet unknown to them, but he still has rather high reaches in the Department of Tourism, a secret part of the CIA.
In this story, we have a secondary character, Xin Zhu. Milo does whatever he can, and believe me, he does quite a lot, to bring Zhu down. It is busy, graphic, violent and intriguing. Yeah, hard to believe so much could happen in a relatively short period of time, but, after all, it is a spy thriller. Think of a Hollywood blockbuster or two of the same ilk, and you will find yourself enjoying this novel and turning pages faster than you could imagine.
If I hadn't had the third book, An American Spy, already downloaded on my Kindle, I would have thought Milo came to an end in this book.
Many thanks to Minotaur Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
berlydawn2's review against another edition
3.0
This is the sequel to "The Tourist". Milo is back with the Department of Tourism after getting out of jail. They are bringing him back slowly, but his final test is to kill a teenaged girl. Despite is every effort, he is caught up in Tourism politics again - which could cost him his life.