\'This is one of the sparest, most elegant spy novels I have come across in a long time .
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 Carre\'s heir apparent..
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.
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.
A rescue attempt, staged from the inside, went terribly wrong.
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.
Henry still does.
Written in glistening prose - with not a word wasted - it proves Steinhauer truly is John le Carre\'s rightful heir.\' Daily MailCelia used to lie for a living. . . \'This is one of the sparest, most elegant spy novels I have come across in a long time
