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A review by tobinlopes
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer
3.0
This is a stand-alone Steinhauer story. I like spy novels. I don't read too many but I do like them. This is a good spy novel. It's not great, but good.
The story and characters are compelling enough but the structure - which has the reader bouncing around in the timeline had me more than a little confused as I approached the last 50 pages. I didn't know "when" I was in the story and had to look back through previous points of view.
I still enjoyed it and the mystery's solution wasn't completely out of left field - which many spy novels are guilty of - so it gets three stars and 7/10 on my personal scale.
Recommended for spy novel fans.
-tpl
The story and characters are compelling enough but the structure - which has the reader bouncing around in the timeline had me more than a little confused as I approached the last 50 pages. I didn't know "when" I was in the story and had to look back through previous points of view.
I still enjoyed it and the mystery's solution wasn't completely out of left field - which many spy novels are guilty of - so it gets three stars and 7/10 on my personal scale.
Recommended for spy novel fans.
-tpl