Great suspense and action throughout the story.  The characters are so well developed that you identify with them and feel like you are in the story with them.  Great book and an excellent installment to the series.

When Milo decides to retire from his career with the CIA as a tourist, things just go from bad to worse.  Upon retirement, he had met a woman and decided to raise her daughter as his own.  They had a semblance of a normal life until the past makes a visit.  This movie is a true adventure and has lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing.  The characters were well developed and I liked the intricate back story that was eventually teased out.  I want to read more about Milo in books to come and will be recommending this book to others.  Thanks for ARC, Net Galley.  This book was a little out of usual comfort zone, but was glad I took a chance on it.

Milo Weaver has given up his life as undercover agent for the CIA in favor of a desk job, but he's forced to get back in the field when an investigation against a colleague is launched. The Tourist has all of the drama and fast paced energy of an action movie. I loved this story, and I can't wait to continue reading the Milo Weaver series.

Milo Weaver works for the CIA as an undercover agent in Europe and gets recalled back to the States after a job does not end well. The stateside capture of a highly wanted assassin leads the reader through Milo's very secret past and how that intersects with is very real and current life. It's been awhile since I've read a "spy novel" and I enjoyed the twists and turns. My only complaint is how quickly Tina seemed to turn against Milo, especially given their background and how they met. I understand it helps to add to Milo's inner conflict, but I hope we get to see her again. The great thing about being late to this book is that there are 3 others in the series for me to read. I look forward to spending more time in this world.

Not a quick read nor one you can jump ahead in because so many unforeseeable things happen throughout. Some of this is tedious and other parts are deep and as confusing to this reader as it was to Milo.  I think those who are really into the sky genre will love it. 
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this arc

It took some time for me to get into this book, but once I did I loved it. Looking forward to reading the rest of the Milo Weaver books in the series.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a nice easy read but interesting. I was nervous in the beginning that it was going to be one of those typical spy novels, where the main character is essentially some sort of invincible, emotionless robot. I really liked that Milo was a "real person", who had gotten a bit out of shape, who cared about a family, etc. I also liked that, while he was painted as a notoriously successful spy, it was also made clear there were others who were smarter than him. The story was intriguing, and I look forward to the next installment.

Thank you to Olen Steinhauer, the author, the publisher and NetGalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for my candid review. 

If you like action adventure and believe that there is a clandestine shadow organization within the clandestine, shadow organization that is CIA, then this is the series for you. Milo Weaver, a seemingly moderately intelligent secret agent that has been trained to do 'wet work' and other secret assignments for the US government, never ceases to amaze the reader with his ability to figure things out while escaping or capturing the bad guys. It is a great series of books and anyone who likes spy books will love them.

Russians, Chinese, Middle Easterners....good guys, bad guys....they're all there.

I received a free copy of this book from the author. I had the opportunity to review or not.

This is my first-time reading Olen Steinhauer. I got a little lost reading this book because of the intricate plot/plots going on. But suddenly it all began to fit together. Although I could not tell what the ending was going to be, I began to understand that Milo’s life was extremely complicated and was reflected in the telling of the tale. From that point on, I could not put the book down except to fulfill my own obligations (which seemed to interfere with my desire to keep reading).

As the story builds, we realize that Milo is not what he appears to be. In the midst of Milo’s job as a “Tourist,” a euphemism for assassin in the CIA, Milo is confronted with the death of his best friend/ex-lover , Angela Yates, a fellow CIA member. He had been with her shortly before her death and is thought to be her killer.

While Milo searches for her killer and why she was killed, his becomes the primary suspect in two more murders. He is forced to abandon his family and flee for his live before he, himself, becomes a victim. How will Milo save himself? How will he get his family and life back? Only Olen Steinhauer knows. 

A well-constructed plot with fascinating characters makes this novel well worth reading. This is only one part of the Milo Weaver saga. I look forward to reading more about him and his adventures. Pick this one up.

I love a good spy story and was honestly excited to start The Tourist. Sadly it’s taken me 26 days to finish it. I just could not stay engaged. 

I found Miles Weaver, CIA, interesting to follow but the twist became so intertwined that I almost needed a nitro to keep track of what was going on. I’m not a fan of working that hard to read a book. I want to be enveloped in the world, I don’t want to put the book aside for a week just to figure out if I’m enjoying it or frustrated by it. I found myself pushing this one aside more than wanting to finish it. 

I’m sure many will enjoy The Tourist and any future novels but I’m not one of them. 

Thank you St. Matrin’s Press & NetGalley for providing this book in exchange for my honest review.

Milo Weaver was "The Tourist", an off the books, undocumented CIA agent, free to do as the agency wished and assigned him. But he retired to a desk job, until now, with the return of his white whale, the "Tiger." Will Milo risk all he has acquired during retirement, his family, home, and peace, to search for the reason for his return?

The first in a series about Mile Weaver, this book was a slow burn for me. It took me awhile to get into it, with all the characters and time periods, but as soon as I did, I found myself turning the pages rapidly. With lots of technical information pertaining to Milo's career, I would get a bit lost in the details, but it did not detract from the suspense or thrill of this story for me. I'm looking forward to the next two books in the series, which I'll read before the publishing of his newest book in the series in March.

Not a bad read.  If you like international intrigue, this is interesting.  Milo Weaver has moved from a field agent for the CIA into desk job.  But people are dying and he is pulled back into finding out why.  

Someone in China isn't happy and he wants the CIA to know it.  Milo has to find out who and why and then try to stop him.

Just be aware that there are language issues here.  Otherwise, a pretty interesting read.

This is a spy story somewhat in the vein of Le Carre - more moral ambiguity and self-examination than car chases and beautiful women in casinos.  But it's pretty good - the narrator, world weary and not entirely cynical, navigates a world of lies and misdirection.  The writing is solid, the plot twists and turns, and there are some well-choreographed action scenes.  Recommended for folks who like thoughtful spy stories.

A Spy Who Thought He’d Retired

Milo Weaver has retried from his black ops job to an administrative desk job. At least he thinks he has. He has a wife and stepdaughter, and a brownstone townhouse, but then the past comes back to haunt him. 

Milo was once a Tourist, an undercover operator who travels from place to place with no home or identity to follow espionage leads. He thought he was done with that, but when one of his old cases comes alive, he finds himself back undercover.  

This is more a psychological spy novel than a book with lots of action and violence although there is some. I thought the author did a good job balancing violence with drawing the characters. There are plenty of exotic locals and the story is filled with twists. It’s a good entertaining read. 

I received this book from Net Galley for this review.

Oh there are spys and CIA and FBI not to mention the the departments that are within the departments! I was a little skeptical when I started reading this book but after a few pages I was totally hook great thriller! Thanks so much!!

This spy novel was a bit heavy handed and at times very slow. The plot was simplistic and the various subplots were entirely too convoluted. Most of the characters lacked purpose and a few seemed to appear and disappear without rhyme or reason. Additionally, I listened to the audiobook and felt that the narrator was detrimental. His cadence was stunted and off-kilter. All of the male characters sounded the same and for the female ones, the best he could muster, was a nasally unpleasant tone for all of them.

A decently paced spy thriller. While I found it had is predictable plot points, I thought it was an entertaining enough read.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for my unbiased review. I have to say that this book is definitely not my cup of tea. It had quite a few foreign words in it (because it takes place in foreign countries), which slowed my reading down a lot, simply because I kept trying to pronounce them. Surely I'm not the only person that does that? Also, it was quite a bit shorter than I expected it to be. In addition, the story plot didn't make a lot of sense to me, and the ending, even though I knew that this was the first in a set of three books, did not lead me to believe there would be a sequel. The ending left too much up in the air.

A decent spy thriller. Decent, because it is way too long and there are just too many twists and turns, which make the story feel awkward and over the top sometimes. 
It has good points too, of course; an interesting main character and some unexpected changes in the story. 
Nothing too spectaculair or outstanding but an enjoyable book.

Thanks to Netgalley for the digital review copy of this book.

Fast paced with lots of twists and turns keeps you turning the pages in this book. I never read this author before but he writes suspense with panache.