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The Expats
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The Expats
by Chris Pavone
New York: Random House (2012).
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Fans of John le Carre and Robert Ludlum will welcome former book editor Pavones first novel, a meticulously plotted, psychologically complex spy thriller. When Dexter Moore, a financial systems security expert in Washington, D.C., receives a lucrative offer to work for a bank in Luxembourg, his wife, Kate, resigns her position as a CIA operative a job her husband knows nothing about and vows to recreate herself as a devoted wife and mother to their two boys. But Kate soon discovers that computer geek Dexter has been living a secret life as well, and that he may be a thief being investigated by the FBI and Interpol whos stolen millions of euros in online banking transactions. The sheer amount of bombshell plot twists are nothing short of extraordinary, but its Pavones portrayal of Kate and her quest to find meaning in her charade of an existence that makes this book such a powerful read.

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