![]() ![]() Unaware of the horrific events about to unfold in New York City and Washington, D.C., that day, he knows only that he is finished as a tourist. A young girl falls to her death from Ugrimov’s apartment and Dawdle is killed in the arrest attempt, while Alexander is shot. But things go horribly wrong that September 11. Alexander and Yates plan to grab Dawdle right there. Together, they chase their quarry to Italy, where he meets up with a Russian billionaire named Roman Ugrimov. In Slovenia, Alexander gets together with Angela Yates, an old friend and longtime fellow agent. Dawdle has disappeared with a fortune in cash meant to lure a Serbian war criminal out of hiding. In the aftermath, Alexander is summoned on an emergency mission to Slovenia, where he’s to chase a station chief named Frank Dawdle. ![]() ![]() However, he failed to take the bullet in his quest to end his “tourism,” the Central Intelligence Agency’s euphemism for working undercover in the field. The pill-popping field agent did manage to stop an assassin known as “The Tiger” from killing a Dutch politician friendly to U.S. This tale opens on September 10, 2001, and a CIA operative using the name “Charles Alexander” has just botched a mission in The Netherlands. His story doesn’t involve tuxedoes, fancy gadgets or gorgeous femmes fatales. Olen Steinhauer takes on the reality of James Bond’s world in his latest novel, The Tourist. ![]()
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