Secretive Milo Weaver returns in another winding story of world politics, business and espionage. There's a lot of people in play and it has quick, shifting chapters that are the so common in these thrillers. At times I lost track of who I was with or when I was.

i really enjoyed reading this book, the characters were great and I really enjoyed the way Olen Steinhauer writes.

An interesting read, a bit of a struggle to get through but overall ok - I appreciate the opportunity to review it!

I’ve never read any other books by this author but I was not lost here. The author clearly introduced the characters and made it easy to follow the action. And there was a lot of action - it was hard to put down this book! I do want to get the earlier books, to know how the. Hata tears got into the situation here. None of the characters are cardboard, all are fleshed out.

Olen Steinhauer's The Last Tourist will keep you on your toes! This book has it all and will provide you with a bit of a challenge for a spy thriller. The "Tourist" isn't what you might think: in the story, troubled narrator Abdul Ghali is a CIA desk analyst who has never left the office at Langley and who mourns his brother Haroun who was killed in a terrorist attack a few years before. He's also confused by his wife Laura Pozzolli, wishing to be closer to his son Rashid, and is pulled away from his family often enough that it's tense whenever he heads to work. When he gets called to work early in the story, we get to ride along on his first overseas assignment and he is surprised to find that he's been brought in because his family is Sahrawi, a people who come from Western Sahara and speak a particular form of Arabic. Abdul speaks the language but has never left the States! What follows is his dangerous and mysterious discovery of an international group of spies -- and possibly counteragents?-- called Tourists run by an unknown organization called The Library. In his discovery Abdul mentions the political climate of the last five years in the US and at times the fictional political interference, corporate globalism and espionage are glaringly our own. Abdul moves through multiple countries before the truth comes out about a cast of characters involved in all manner of spy games and survival. I tend to avoid books like these but enjoyed this one thoroughly--I had to learn as I read, always a treat in spy fiction!

I'm sure fans of this series will disagree... But I was not impressed by this story. Perhaps if I was already attached to the characters. This was my first "Milo Weaver" read.

This all seemed like a ton of political issues among global leaders with some spy-type action thrown in. But I gave it a shot and hung on until the last page!

*Thanks to NetGalley and publishers for this free book in exchange for my honest review.

The Last Tourist by Olen Steinhauer is a book in the Milo Weaver series. I had not read the previous books in the series, and I think that was a mistake. This book is best meant in the series, not as a standalone novel. The suspense definitely made the book interesting. I think the author tries to give a Mission Impossible feel to the book, which worked somewhat. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

The Last Tourist is not the average read that you can pick up and put down at your convenience. Instead, it is a rather complex story with countless plot twists that pull the reader first in one direction and then another.
So, if you are into spy thrillers that demand as much from the reader as it gives...then this book will be something for you to read.
One problem for me was that I hadn't read the earlier books in the series, and that definitely put me at a disadvantage, as there was a considerable amount of catching up to do along the way. There is a considerable amount of background story that would have been helpful for comprehension. I have subsequently picked up some of the earlier volumes, I now can better understand how everything ties together. Therefore, don't repeat my mistake by picking up this volume before reading the earlier volumes in this series.

Back to the book. It is excellently written, if a bit political, which may rub some readers the wrong way on account of their political affiliation. Not all of it was strictly necessary, but it helped weave a fuller picture that it otherwise would have been able to.

The author’s latest thriller features character Milo Weaver, who appears in other titles. Well written but needlessly over complicated plot and too many characters. I had problem keeping count of the endless supply of bad guys (and women).

This latest entry into the Milo Weaver/Tourist series does not disappoint. Although the severe time jump from the last novel to this one was quite jarring at times, it seemed necessary to get this story where it wanted to be. I enjoyed the recurring cast of characters and the new additions were refreshing. The plot intricacies were convoluted and, some portions, were akin to untangling a ball of rubber bands. Overall, this novel was full of the fast paced, world hopping, spycraft we have come to know and love.

The final (?) installment of the Milo Weaver series was, for me not as good as the other 3. It had multiple narrators which made it a little confusing, and the regular characters plus a fairly large group of new characters, as well as the multiple names some of them went by Added to the disconnect. I still enjoyed this spy thriller by Olen Steinhauer and thank #netgalley and the publisher for the ebook of #thelasttourist to read and review.

If you are like me and love books about SPIES and the CIA this is the book for you. Such a great series. Murder. Intrigue. So well written and just a great story. Loved it ! You will too.

Quick paced, fast moving, action galore. But if you haven't read any of Mr Steinhauer's previous books featuring reluctant hero, former CIA spy, Milo Weaver, you WILL be lost.

I hadn't read any prior books, and it took me almost halfway through to figure out who was who, how everyone was connected, and why they were all doing what they were doing. I really enjoyed the last half of the book, but the first half was a vicious slog to get through and more than once I almost threw my hands up and swore I wouldn't read another word.

First of all I want to thank you NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book.

I just read some of the other reviews and feel better that others had a hard time too following the story. I got confused about to many characters I couldn*t keep track of and to many twists. Usually I love a good spy book and I don't mind the author expressing his or her political views. But this time it was hard to keep up with.

Putting a book aside to have a break shows my declining interest. This was the author's first book I read. Maybe I'll have better luck with one of his earlier books I should try reading.

Enjoy the Tourist series immensely. Characters are all real-world examples instead of the ridiculous tv versions on spy’s.

Unfortunately this went into my DNF category. I couldn’t get attached and it wasn’t my cup of tea. This rarely happens it may have been the moment of life I’m living in and I may try an revisit this book..

Olen Steinhauer has written a book about spy craft, current events and corporate greed that features Milo Weaver, an ex-CIA operative who now runs an underground network begun by his father. In other words, he is in the family business. The Last Tourist is the fourth book in this series—I did not realize it when I requested an advance readers copy from NetGalley. My thanks to them and the publisher, Minotaur Books, for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an honest review.
As I was reading this book, I was reminded of Daniel Silva’s style where he recaps the events from previous novels as he introduces characters to refresh the reader’s memory. As a reader unfamiliar with Milo Weaver, this gave me a synopsis of the earlier books, which sounding interesting and action-packed. Whereas this helped me as a novice reader, it is a major irritant in the Gabriel Allon series—I feel that Silva spends an inordinate amount of space recapping his earlier books. Maybe the sheer number of Allon books contributes to that. That said, I will probably go back and read the first book in this series because I think Milo is an interesting character and I liked the premise of the series.
I did find Steinhauer’s political positions a little off-putting. Whether you are an actor, a writer or a singer, I want to admire you for your oeuvre—I really do not care where you stand politically.

I have always enjoyed the creativity of Olin Stienhauser’s books. The story is rich in detail, has a realistic vibe, and never fails to surprise. How does a young woman enter the CIA, make a name for herself by doing things totally unpredictable, and then becomes the quintessential housewife. All these neat spy things. Then you have someone sent to understand what she did and what repercussions will come with her passing. The things that happen and the partnership of women who worked to keep them safe.

I though this was an excellent installment in the Milo Weaver series. It had all of the elements of the genre - action, exotic locations, plot twists and a larger than life premise. This thriller/action-adventure space tends to be somewhat right-wing and this was a refreshing point of view for the rest of us. I don't knock Tom Clancy and Kyle Mills for being conservative. I think it's pretty mean spirited and unfair for folks to do it here.

This is a 3.5 rounded up to a 4 star. I have read at least 2 other Milo Weaver novels prior to this one. The complex global plots that characterize prior stories are still an element of this story. It is always fun to read what we know are real events and have them blend into a fictional narrative. This story is set about 10 years after the Department of Tourism fell apart and most of the Tourists were killed off. Now Milo Weaver leads a secret, hidden section of the UN called the Library. Their agents travel the world cataloguing information, and they use that information to help their small union of countries compete in the global market. If needed, the Library also holds information hostage that could be used as leverage. Their latest case involves a complex web of international government organizations and private businesses working together to advance their own interests and destabilize world markets. A leveling of the playing fields so to speak, and somewhere in this web, it appears that someone has resurrected the Tourists, and now these dangerous predators are back on the streets. There is a lot of high drama, and international intrigue here. It is a little far fetched. The biggest issue I had was the plot grew so large and so complex and I almost lost track of details and there are so many characters involved, I also got a little confused at times. Of the novels that I have read in this series, this is probably the lowest ranking one in my opinion. Still a fan of the author and the series though. Review posted to Amazon, LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Facebook.