The Expats (2012) What begins as a domestic drama about an American couple relocating to Europe takes a sharp turn into spy-thriller territory. When her husband, Dexter, lands… Fiction Crown
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The Expats (2012)

Chris Pavone
Reviewed by Stephan Lee | Mar 19, 2012
SLOW SPY BURN An ex-CIA agent is forced to return to her espionage ways when she suspects her husband might have a secret identity
SLOW SPY BURN An ex-CIA agent is forced to return to her espionage ways when she suspects her husband might have a secret identity
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Mar 06, 2012; Writer: Chris Pavone; Genre: Fiction; Publisher: Crown

What begins as a domestic drama about an American couple relocating to Europe takes a sharp turn into spy-thriller territory. When her husband, Dexter, lands a high-paying job in Luxembourg, Kate Moore gladly quits her secret life as a CIA agent to reinvent herself as an expat housewife. But she has to put her espionage skills to use again when another American couple arrives in town and tells her that Dexter might have a secret life of his own. After a slow start, Expats eventually reaches its full, bombshell-a-minute pace. And Pavone creates a fascinating, complicated hero in Kate Moore. B+

Originally posted Mar 16, 2012 Published in issue #1198 Mar 16, 2012 Order article reprints