A review by liberrydude
An American Spy by Olen Steinhauer

3.0

Just who is "An American Spy"? The first 90 or so pages it's all about the Chinese spymaster. Milo Weaver doesn't turn up until after these 90 pages. There's an American spy in the midst of the Chinese intelligence apparatus too. I'd read the first two books in the series and this one is similar in its Ludlum-Le Carre like twists and duplicity-Steinhauer I prefer. Just when you think you understand who is doing what to whom, another part ensues and your framework of reality is shattered. Revenge and protect the family at all costs themes dominate this work but you're never sure who is manipulating whom. Even at the end when it "ends" you're being set up for the next book and you have absolutely no idea where that one's going to go. However, I'm looking forward to it. One shocking event in this book other than the usual violence and manipulation of information was pretty mind-blowing. It's all surreal too with these spies playing hide and seek on planes throughout the world and in some cases being caught, sometimes killed, and then released or traded to go out and play again.