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Three players. One city. A whole world of political games in which allegiances are never clear, and outcomes are never guaranteed... Sophie Kohl confesses to her husband, a mid-level American diplomat in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo. Minutes later, he is shot and killed.Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIA agent, has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat when, this time, he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved ask why her husband has been assassinated. Omar Halawi has worked in Egyptian intelligence for years, and he knows how to play the game. But the murder of a diplomat in Hungary has ripples all the way to Cairo, and Omar must follow the fallout wherever it leads... THE CAIRO AFFAIR is "ELABORATE, SOPHISTICATED."-THE NEW YORK TIMES "STUNNING."-BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW, A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR) "DAMNED GOOD."-SEATTLE TIMES



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Olen Steinhauer

Olen Steinhauer grew up in Virginia, and has since lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and New York. Outside the US, he's lived in Croatia (when it was called Yugoslavia) , the Czech Republic and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped inspire his first five books. He now lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter.http://www.olensteinhauer.com



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