02-09-2011, 04:55 PM
This book is not to be confused with the movie of the same name starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, although both have scenes in Venice.
My father recommended this book to me and I read it which isn't usually the case.
It's a spy thriller set against the backdrop of 9/11 without really having anything to do with 9/11. Tourists are basically Wetwork agents who work as a part of the CIA. Milo is the said agent. He breaks down. He gets set behind a desk and tries to start his life. Until nefarious people from his tourist past come back to disrupt his tranquility.
The book was enjoyable. As all good spy thrillers do it filled the world with paranoia and had you believing in every conspiracy thrillers. And it was quite twisty right up until the end. I still don't believe half the things I'm supposed to believe. That's right I have questions about the veracity of a fictional character.
Mr. Steinhauer also a series of five books, again spies, set in an Easter Bloc country. I thought I would read this and if it were good, I could then go on and read the series. So series here I come.
My father recommended this book to me and I read it which isn't usually the case.
It's a spy thriller set against the backdrop of 9/11 without really having anything to do with 9/11. Tourists are basically Wetwork agents who work as a part of the CIA. Milo is the said agent. He breaks down. He gets set behind a desk and tries to start his life. Until nefarious people from his tourist past come back to disrupt his tranquility.
The book was enjoyable. As all good spy thrillers do it filled the world with paranoia and had you believing in every conspiracy thrillers. And it was quite twisty right up until the end. I still don't believe half the things I'm supposed to believe. That's right I have questions about the veracity of a fictional character.
Mr. Steinhauer also a series of five books, again spies, set in an Easter Bloc country. I thought I would read this and if it were good, I could then go on and read the series. So series here I come.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit