A review by psteve
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer

4.0

From its first chapter, when a man is shot in front of his wife in a restaurant, this book really grabs you. It tells the backstories of this couple, their betrayals of each other and others, from their first visit to Yugoslavia in the early 90s. Characters are well-drawn, and the locations are excellent and also well-rendered. Complicated story that sometimes gets a tad confusing, but that's part of what makes a good spin story.