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A powerful and atmospheric thriller set during the Cold War, from the internationally acclaimed author of ‘The Bridge of Sighs.’Vienna, 1966. To be wrongly accused of murder once is a misfortune. Twice – and it's a conspiracy.It is the height of the Cold War. When a defector mysteriously returns to the Eastern European village of his birth, it's a chance for disgraced detective Brano Sev to redeem himself. Being framed for a murder should just be part of his cover story.Or is it? Exiled suddenly to Vienna, treacherous city of spies, Sev finds himself caught up in a cat-and-mouse game where survival is the only prize. But in a world where no good deed goes unpunished, loyalty can be the biggest crime of all…

A beautifully written thriller from the acclaimed Cold War series writer: ‘a welcome addition to the wartime ground mapped out by Philip Kerr and Alan Furst’ GuardianPrague, 1968: a young student is captured as he tries to flee the country in the wake of Russia's suppression of the Prague Spring.Seven years later, a People's Militia homicide investigator boards a plane for Istanbul. When it is hijacked by Armenian terrorists, the Turkish authorities try to establish contact – but the plane explodes in mid-air.No negotiation, no explanation.Why? Two investigators are assigned to the case: Gavra Noukas, a homicide detective who lives a dangerous double-life, and Brano Sev, an experienced secret policeman loyal to the state. Both believe their superiors are keeping them in the dark but neither can work out why. As they start unravelling the elaborate mystery, though, a trail emerges – one leading back to a seven-year-old murder, a seemingly insignificant killing with terrifying consequences.

The stunning conclusion to Olen Steinhauer’s crictically acclaimed Cold War cycle.Berlin, 1989The collapse of the Wall. For many, a new beginning.But for some, the beginning of the end.In the dying days of the Eastern bloc, it's business as usual for detective Emil Brod. With three days to go until Brod's retirement, the death of spymaster Lieutenant General Kolev from a heart attack is a routine matter. Until a lethal cocktail of drugs is found in the autopsy and rumours spread that a revolutionary group may be responsible.Soon Brod uncovers a widespread plot, with roots in one of his earliest cases: old enemies have come out of hiding while old friends are choosing sides. Across Europe, Communism starts to crumble, and Brod wonders how many innocents it will take with it…

Superb new CIA thriller featuring black ops expert Milo Weaver and acclaimed by Lee Child as ‘first class – the kind of thing John le Carre might have written’.In today's CIA, there are hotspots everywhere. And wherever there's trouble, there's a Tourist: the men and women who do the CIA's dirty work. They're the Company's best – and until he burnt out, Milo Weaver was the best of them all.Milo has spent the last four years behind a desk, tracking the elusive killer known as 'The Tiger'. When the Tiger unexpectedly gives himself up, it's because he wants something in return: revenge.Once a Tourist, always a Tourist and soon Milo is back in the field, a world of betrayal, skewed politics and extreme violence. It's a world he knows well – but he's still about to learn the toughest lesson of all.

It's 1948, three years after the Russians "liberated" the nation from German occupation. The ideals of the revolution are but memories. Twenty-two year old Detective Emil Brod finally gets his chance to serve his country, investigating murder for the People's Militia. The first victim is a state songwriter, but the facts point to a political motive. Emil wants to investigate further, but his colleagues in Homicide remain silent: He is on his own in this new, dangerous world. The Bridge Of Sighs launches, the politically volatile terrain of Eastern Eurpoe in the second half of the twentieth century.

'One of the sparest, most elegant spy novels I have come across in a long time . . . Written in glistening prose - with not a word wasted - it proves Steinhauer truly is John le Carré's rightful heir.' – Daily MailNow a major film on Prime Video starring Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton and Jonathan Pryce.Celia used to lie for a living. Henry still does. Can they ever trust each other?Six years ago, Henry and Celia were lovers and colleagues, working for the CIA station in Vienna, until terrorists hijacked a plane at the airport. A rescue attempt, staged from the inside, went terribly wrong. Everyone on board was killed.That night has continued to haunt all of those involved; for Henry and Celia, it brought to an end their relationship. Celia decided she'd had enough; she left the agency, married and had children, and is now living an ordinary life in the Californian suburbs. Henry is still a CIA analyst, and has travelled to the US to see her one more time, to relive the past, maybe, or to put it behind him once and for all.But neither of them can forget that question: had their agent been compromised, and how? And each of them also wonders what role their lunch companion might have played in the way things unfolded . . .All the Old Knives is Olen Steinhauer's most intense, most thrilling and most unsettling novel to date - from the New York Times bestselling author deemed by many to be John le Carré's heir apparent.