A review by adriannepeterson
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer

4.0

As a teen and into my twenties, I devoured novels of the cold war, espionage, world tensions...but as the cold war receded, so did the fascination with the underworld spies, both by readers and writers. The Cairo Affair drops you right in the middle of modern day tensions; post-Arab Spring Egypt, conflict in the Balkans, America's role in world power, as well as the motivations, dreams, and flaws of all the key characters in this modern day espionage novel.