All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer is a large print edition published by Minotaur Books in 2015, featuring 305 pages in English. This novel delves into a past crisis involving a hostage situation in Vienna, where the CIA’s operations were put to the test. The story centers on two former lovers, Henry Pelham and Celia Harrison, who find themselves revisiting their shared history during a dinner in Carmel-by-the-Sea, years after the traumatic events that unfolded.
Readers will encounter a narrative that explores themes of espionage, mystery, and the complexities of personal relationships against a backdrop of suspense. As Henry and Celia grapple with their memories and the lingering question of whether their agent was compromised, the tension builds around the implications of their past decisions. This edition invites readers to reflect on the intertwining of personal and professional lives within the high-stakes world of intelligence.
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Six years ago in Vienna, terrorists took over a hundred hostages, and the rescue attempt went terribly wrong. The CIA’s Vienna station was witness to this tragedy, gathering intel from its sources during those tense hours, assimilating facts from the ground and from an agent on the inside. So when it all went wrong, the question had to be asked: Had their agent been compromised, and how?
Two of the CIA’s case officers in Vienna, Henry Pelham and Celia Harrison, were lovers at the time, and on the night of the hostage crisis Celia decided she’d had enough. She left the agency, married and had children, and is now living an ordinary life in the idyllic town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Henry is still a case officer in Vienna, and has traveled to California 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 long-ago question: Had their agent been compromised? If so, how? Each also wonders what role tonight’s dinner companion might have played in the way the tragedy unfolded six years ago.
“All the Old Knives” is “New York Times” bestseller Olen Steinhauer’s most intimate, most cerebral, and most shocking novel to date.
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