# The Cairo Affair

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- Book: [The Cairo Affair](https://www.bookquiver.com/olen-steinhauer/the-cairo-affair) ([The Cairo Affair.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/olen-steinhauer/the-cairo-affair.md))
- Authors: [Olen Steinhauer](https://www.bookquiver.com/olen-steinhauer)
- Publisher: corvus
- ISBN: 978-17-8239-270-5
- Published: 2015-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Sophie Kohl is living her worst nightmare. Minutes after she confesses to her husband Emmett, a mid-level diplomat at the American embassy in Hungary, that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli , a Cairo-based CIA agent, has fielded his share of midnight calls. But his heart skips a beat when he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to ask why her husband has been assassinated. Jibril Aziz , an American analyst, knows more about Stumbler, a covert operation rejected by the CIA years ago, than anyone. So when it appears someone else has obtained a copy of the blueprints, Jibril knows the danger it represents… As these players converge on the city of Cairo, Olen Steinhauer’s masterful manipulations slowly craft a portrait of a marriage, a jigsaw puzzle of loyalty and betrayal, against a dangerous world of political games where allegiances are never clear and outcomes are never guaranteed.