Drama, Film, Spies, Thriller
Film: All the Old Knives
Has it really been seven years since Olen Steinhauer’s All the Old Knives was released? Steinhauer’s complex spy novels…
April 10, 2022-
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Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Last Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
It’s been eight years since the final novel of Olen Steinhauer’s original Department of Tourism trilogy, featuring the author’s…
September 7, 2020 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Berlin Station (Season 3)
Berlin Station launched with a bang, a complex, gripping spy drama that played out like a rich, multifaceted novel.…
July 4, 2020 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Moroccan Girl by Charles Cumming
It’s interesting that in an era of right-wing ascendance, spy novelists might center their stories on left-wing terrorist organizations…
April 5, 2019 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer
In my experience, spy novelist Olen Steinhauer has yet to put a foot wrong. But during the early chapters…
September 2, 2018 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Berlin Station (Season 2)
To put it mildly, my reaction to the first season of Berlin Station was ardent. Created and co-written by…
March 18, 2018 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: Berlin Station (Season 1)
I’ve been shouting Olen Steinhauer’s name from the rooftops for years now, so it should surprise no one that…
April 3, 2017 -
Fiction, Mystery, SpiesNovel: All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
Olen Steinhauer is an absolute master of spy fiction. The process of reading through his catalogue has built this…
April 15, 2015 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer
Spy fiction’s most structurally dazzling writer, Olen Steinhauer, returns with The Cairo Affair (2014), a rare singleton novel from…
May 19, 2014 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Victory Square by Olen Steinhauer
Olen Steinhauer’s Yalta Boulevard Sequence reaches an epic conclusion in Victory Square (2007), which takes us to the dying…
November 7, 2012 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer
Olen Steinhauer takes the Yalta Boulevard Sequence in striking new directions with Liberation Movements (2006), a nonlinear novel that…
October 23, 2012 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: 36 Yalta Boulevard by Olen Steinhauer
After opening with two politically charged police procedurals, Olen Steinhauer’s epic Cold War series transitions squarely to espionage in…
October 18, 2012 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: The Confession by Olen Steinhauer
The second novel in Olen Steinhauer’s Yalta Boulevard Sequence, The Confession (2004), is even better than the first, continuing…
September 30, 2012 -
Fiction, Mystery, SpiesNovel: The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer
Olen Steinhauer’s The Bridge of Sighs (2003) is the first book in a five-volume series of historical spy thrillers…
September 14, 2012 -
Fiction, SpiesNovel: An American Spy by Olen Steinhauer
Olen Steinhauer concludes the twisty Milo Weaver trilogy with An American Spy (2012), and it’s a satisfying wrap-up to…
April 5, 2012