All The Old Knives

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 their relationship to an end. Celia left the agency and is now living an ordinary married life in the Californian suburbs. Henry is still with the CIA, 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 . . .

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 considered by many to be John le Carré's heir.

'There are few writers alive who can transform the mundane with such possibility . . . All The Old Knives remains coiled and alive until the very last page' New York Times

'A splendid tour de force' Washington Post

'Deliciously devious . . . Reminiscent of the best of Deighton and John le Carré . . . A white-knuckle ride' Los Angeles Times

'Steinhauer is an expert at twists and turns, all the more riveting for their truth' Washington Times