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The Cairo Affair
Edité par Minotaur Books - paru en 2014
SophieKohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after sheconfesses to her husband, amid-level diplomatat the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo,he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIAagent,has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat whenhehears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to askwhyher husband has been assassinated. Omar Halawi has workedin Egyptian intelligence for years, and he knows how to play the game. Foreign agentspass him occasional information, he returns the favor, and everyone'shappy.But the murder of a diplomat in Hungary has ripples all the way to Cairo, and Omar must follow the fall-out wherever it leads. American analyst Jibril Aziz knows more about Stumbler, a covert operation rejected by the CIA, than anyone.So when it appears someoneelsehas obtained a copy of the blueprints, Jibril alone knows the danger it represents. As these players converge in Cairo in The Cairo Affair, Olen Steinhauer's masterful manipulations slowlyunveil a portrait of a marriage, a jigsaw puzzle of loyalty and betrayal, against adangerous world of political games where allegiances are never clear and outcomes are never guaranteed.