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Daniel Silva is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His books have been published in more than two dozen languages and are bestsellers around the world.
Daniel Silva’s first novel, The Unlikely Spy, was published in 1997. It is the story of a woman who, during World War II, becomes a spy for the British government.
Daniel Silva’s second novel, The Mark of the Assassin, was published in 1998. It is the story of an assassin who is hired to kill the President of the United States.
Daniel Silva’s third novel, The Confessor, was published in 1999. It is the story of a priest who is caught up in the hunt for a Nazi war criminal.
Daniel Silva’s fourth novel, The Kill Artist, was published in 2000. It is the story of a former Mossad agent who is drawn back into the world of espionage.
Daniel Silva’s fifth novel, The English Assassin, was published in 2002. It is the story of an assassin who is hired to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister.
Daniel Silva’s sixth novel, The Messenger, was published in 2004. It is the story of a journalist who is caught up in the hunt for a terrorist.
Daniel Silva’s seventh novel, The Secret Servant, was published in 2006. It is the story of a woman who is caught up in the world of international espionage.
Daniel Silva’s eighth novel, The Defector, was published in 2008. It is the story of a Russian spy who defects to the West.
Daniel Silva’s ninth novel, The Rembrandt Affair, was published in 2010. It is the story of an art dealer who is caught up in the world of art theft and forgery.
Daniel Silva’s tenth novel, Portrait of a Spy, was published in 2011. It is the story of a woman who is drawn into the world of international espionage.
Daniel Silva’s eleventh novel, The Fallen Angel, was published in 2012. It is the story of an art restorer who becomes caught up in the world of art theft and forgery.
Daniel Silva’s twelfth novel, The English Girl, was published in 2013. It is the story of a woman who is caught up in the world of international espionage.
Daniel Silva’s thirteenth novel, The Heist, was published in 2014. It is the story of an art thief who is hired to steal a painting from the Louvre.
Daniel Silva’s fourteenth novel, The English Spy, was published in 2015. It is the story of an intelligence officer who is sent to investigate the death of a member of the British royal family.
Daniel Silva’s fifteenth novel, The Black Widow, was published in 2016. It is the story of a woman who is caught up in the world of international espionage.
Daniel Silva’s sixteenth novel, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, was published in 2017. It is the story of a young woman who is caught up in the world of international espionage.
Daniel Silva’s seventeenth novel, The Other Woman, was published in 2018. It is the story of a woman who is caught up in the world of international espionage.
#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 USA Today Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller – From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal – She was his best-kept secret …In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir.
It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason’s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West—a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power.
– Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art restorer and assassin who serves as the chief of Israel’s vaunted secret intelligence service. Gabriel has battled the dark forces of the new Russia before, at great personal cost.
Now he and the Russians will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the postwar global order hanging in the balance. – Gabriel is lured into the hunt for the traitor after his most important asset inside Russian intelligence is brutally assassinated while trying to defect in Vienna.
His quest for the truth will lead him backward in time, to the twentieth century’s greatest act of treason, and, finally, to a spellbinding climax along the banks of the Potomac River outside Washington that will leave readers breathless.
– Fast as a bullet, hauntingly beautiful, and filled with stunning double-crosses and twists of plot, The Other Woman is a tour de force that proves once again that “of all those writing spy novels today, Daniel Silva is quite simply the best” (Kansas City Star).
Daniel Silva is tops in this genre’. I pass his books on to a friend in intelligence and he states that Silva’s grasp of the details vis-a-vis the intracacies -did I spell that correctly?- of international travel with all the passports, etc.
, is on the mark. I find his characters so well described I can picture them w/ all their eccentricites: the chain-smoking Ari, I gag he smokes so much!, Peel, the English youngster, I can see the delight on his face in the dark even, at the end of the book, Jacqueline/Sarah, an exotic woman who risks it all for her country, and of course Gabriel, well, I can picture an actor who should portay him in the movies, but of course can’t remember his name, handsome, really expressive eyes.
I can’t put Silva’s book down! The housework can wait! The only thing lacking is that I can’t get the books in large print/paperback, which is what we seniors need. I think men will love these novels, too.
Plus I’ve been to Israe on a pilgrimage, as well las London, Amsterdam, Montreal, Paris so I could envision the scenes. Paula Graham Glen NH.
Daniel Silva delivers another spectacular thriller starring Gabriel Allon, The English Girl. When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister’s career is threatened with destruction.
Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems. and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth… Silva’s work has captured the imagination of millions worldwide; his #1 New York Times bestselling series which chronicles the adventures of art-restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon has earned the praise of readers and reviewers everywhere.
This captivating new page-turner from the undisputed master of spy fiction is sure to thrill new and old fans alike.
When Daniel Silva’s first Gabriel Allon novel, “The Kill Artist,” appeared on the scene in 2000 I was hooked. I had read his three previous works as well, being a fan of the genre, but this Allon character was quite the intriguing combination – incredible art restorer coupled with highly trained and lethal Israeli Mossad spy/assassin.
In “The English Girl” the stage is set when Madeline (a quite English girl on her political rise) vanishes in Corsica. Enter Jonathan Lancaster, the British Prime Minister. His career is threatened when a DVD arrives after her abduction where she confesses, for all the world to hear, of her affair with the PM.
The ramifications of the DVD becoming known are, of course, catastrophic which makes anyone’s involvement in this sensitive matter a potentially serious risk. After all, no country is free of a few little leaks now and then.
Following consultation with one of his closest intelligence advisors, Deputy Director Graham Seymour, the PM agrees to engage the services of the effective and efficient Allon. Though sort-of retired from spy work and trying to live a much quieter life with his beautiful (yet also deadly) wife, Chiara, while restoring classic works of art, Allon shares past involvement with Seymour who is able to convince the master spy to, once again, abort art and embrace a tremendous challenge.
One of the aspects of Silva’s work that I appreciate is the way in which he weaves real and realistic past, present and (possibly) future events into his stories. This effort is certainly no different.
The reader is bound for a fast-paced ride that includes rich and powerful bad guys and their thugs, the French island of Corsica, Israel, France, Denmark, Russia and England. Another trait is the method of character development, through their actions and dialogue, where, to me, Silva is truly able to make the good guys, especially the main characters, your friends and the bad guys your enemies.
Allon and his trusted team methodically go after their target where things do not always meet their expectations, despite their best planning. The plot twists where something certainly seems one way but is, in fact, not that way at all are executed quite well, resulting in a real page turner.
The one predictable outcome of tales involving recurring characters (i. e. , Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt, etc. ) is that you know, one way or another, the hero will come out on top.
To me, the mark of a great storyteller is how that is accomplished. The story must hold your attention and interest and keep you guessing how the planned outcome is achieved. Silva does this extremely well.
With Allon you don’t know, until you are into the story and witness the various and sundry bumps and bruises, serious injuries and near-death experiences, exactly how he will accomplish his goal. And, even then,.
That is the treat. If you enjoy having current world events and scenarios weaved into the plot line, traversing the globe on a quest for bad guys, the cloak and dagger world of espionage and intelligence, then you should very much enjoy Daniel Silva’s “The English Girl,” as well as all earlier Gabriel Allon books.
Silva is one of the few authors where I own both hardcover books (all) and Kindle editions (most). Highly recommended.
From Daniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times-bestselling author, comes a riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. It was nearly one a. m. by the time he crawled into bed.
Chiara was reading a novel, oblivious to the television, which was muted. On the screen was a live shot of St. Peter’s Basilica. Gabriel raised the volume and learned that an old friend had died. Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wife and two young children.
But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father’s loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack.
Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the night of the pope’s death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life.
A letter that was addressed to Gabriel. While researching in the Vatican Secret Archives, I came upon a most remarkable book. The book is a long-suppressed gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the New Testament’s depiction of one of the most portentous events in human history.
For that reason alone, the Order of St. Helena will stop at nothing to keep it out of Gabriel’s hands. A shadowy Catholic society with ties to the European far right, the Order is plotting to seize control of the papacy.
And it is only the beginning. As the cardinals gather in Rome for the start of the conclave, Gabriel sets out on a desperate search for proof of the Order’s conspiracy, and for a long-lost gospel with the power to put an end to two thousand years of murderous hatred.
His quest will take him from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, to a monastery in Assisi, to the hidden depths of the Secret Archives, and finally to the Sistine Chapel, where he will witness an event no outsider has ever before seen–the sacred passing of the Keys of St.
Peter to a newly elected pope. Swiftly paced and elegantly rendered, The Order will hold readers spellbound, from its opening passages to its breathtaking final twist of plot. It is a novel of friendship and faith in a perilous and uncertain world.
And it is still more proof that Daniel Silva is his generation’s finest writer of suspense and international intrigue.
Typical of Daniel Silva – it is a book full of historical/political intrigue. you have to remember that this is fiction, as it can be a bit heavy in places. less personal features
I was disappointed. If you’re a regular reader of the Gabriel Allon series expecting the terrorist/espionage thriller that Silva is known for, this is not it. It’s closer to Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code.
And Silva recently injecting his political views into his stories is becoming tedious.
Daniel Silva writes a good story. Hard for me to take a break when I need to turn the page and continue reading. Great character development that blends with action and mystery
Gabriel Allon’s nightmares come back to haunt him in this tense thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to discover the truth behind a bombing that killed an old friend, but while there he encounters something that turns his world upside down.
It is a face—a face that feels hauntingly familiar, a face that chills him to the bone. While desperately searching for answers, Allon will uncover a portrait of evil stretching across sixty years and thousands of lives—and into his own personal nightmares.
I started off with one of his books accidentally, it was about the 12th book in this series. I was so impressed that I looked him up and found that this group of Spy Book Readings had 20 others so started from the beginning ( not that you have to, as the stories update you on before events ).
I am now on the the 13th book and yes I reread the 12th that I had previously read to reboot the memory. All up they are a great read, better than a lot of others, more down to earth if I can be permitted to para phrase.
Spy/assasin Gabriel Allon is pulled back in the Israeli secret service to avenge the death of his family. Plot twists and heartstopping events keep you reading as he fights to right wrongs and stop terrorism.
Author Daniel Silva skillfully draws each character so you feel you know them personally.
Death in Vienna deals with the Holocaust. It is fiction, but rings true. There are interesting twists in the story, but the end is most satisfying. The problem is solved in a way that is modern.
“Of those writing spy novels today, Daniel Silva is quite simply the best. ” -The Kansas City Star. “The perfect book for fans of well-crafted thrillers. the kind of page- turner that captures the reader from the opening chapter and doesn’t let go.
” -The Associated Press Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in a spellbinding new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Over the course of a brilliant career, Daniel Silva has established himself as “the gold standard” of thriller writers (Dallas Morning News) who “has hit upon the perfect formula to keep espionage-friendly fans’ fingers glued to his books, turning pages in nearly breathless anticipation” (BookPage).
But now, having reached “the pinnacle of world-class spy thriller writing” (The Denver Post), Silva has produced his most extraordinary novel to date-a tale of greed, passion, and murder spanning more than half a century, centered on an object of haunting beauty.
Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for. Determined to sever his ties with the Office, Gabriel Allon has retreated to the windswept cliffs of Cornwall with his beautiful Venetian-born wife Chiara.
But once again his seclusion is interrupted by a visitor from his tangled past: the endearingly eccentric London art dealer, Julian Isherwood. As usual, Isherwood has a problem. And it is one only Gabriel can solve.
In the ancient English city of Glastonbury, an art restorer has been brutally murdered and a long-lost portrait by Rembrandt mysteriously stolen. Despite his reluctance, Gabriel is persuaded to use his unique skills to search for the painting and those responsible for the crime.
But as he painstakingly follows a trail of clues leading from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires and, finally, to a villa on the graceful shores of Lake Geneva, Gabriel discovers there are deadly secrets connected to the painting.
And evil men behind them. Before he is done, Gabriel will once again be drawn into a world he thought he had left behind forever, and will come face to face with a remarkable cast of characters: a glamorous London journalist who is determined to undo the worst mistake of her career, an elusive master art thief who is burdened by a conscience, and a powerful Swiss billionaire who is known for his good deeds but may just be behind one of the greatest threats facing the world.
Filled with remarkable twists and turns of plot, and told with seductive prose, The Rembrandt Affair is more than just summer entertainment of the highest order. It is a timely reminder that there are men in the world who will do anything for money.
This is well written and keeps you interested throughout. The world of art, art theft, acquisition of Art by the Nazi regime are all there. Fiction and fact are intermingled. Brief mention of the audacious heft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, for example, is intriguing.
I enjoyed it thoroughly and have no doubt the recipient of this book will as well.
What’s to dislike? If you enjoy Silva’s hero, Allon, you will enjoy this book. Regardless or whether one is an advocate of the Mossad and other intelligence agencies, the reader will enjoy the fast pace and believable sequences.
The romantic aspect is also included. This is a MUST read for art fans, Gabriel Allon followers and conspiracy advocates.
Typical Silva! Loved it! Gabriel Alon is a wonderful, fascinating character, but then all the characters are great! Julian Isherwood and his art “buddies” are querky, funny and lovable!
#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 USA Today Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller – A Kirkus Best Book of 2018A Real Book Spy Best Thriller of 2018From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal – She was his best-kept secret … In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir.
It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason’s name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin’s most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West—a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power.
– Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel Allon, the legendary art restorer and assassin who serves as the chief of Israel’s vaunted secret intelligence service. Gabriel has battled the dark forces of the new Russia before, at great personal cost.
Now he and the Russians will engage in a final epic showdown, with the fate of the postwar global order hanging in the balance. Gabriel is lured into the hunt for the traitor after his most important asset inside Russian intelligence is brutally assassinated while trying to defect in Vienna.
His quest for the truth will lead him backward in time, to the twentieth century’s greatest act of treason, and, finally, to a spellbinding climax along the banks of the Potomac River outside Washington that will leave readers breathless.
– Fast as a bullet, hauntingly beautiful, and filled with stunning double-crosses and twists of plot, The Other Woman is a tour de force that proves once again that “of all those writing spy novels today, Daniel Silva is quite simply the best” (Kansas City Star).
Daniel Silva has consistently raised the bar with every Gabriel Allon installment. His books have the cerebral entanglements of a John Le Carre novel and the frenetic speed of a Robert Ludlum experience.
They are masterful examples of plotting and give vivid examples of character complexities, mingled with a formidable knowledge of the Middle Eastern geography and tumultuous culture.
I started reading Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon books in 2016, since then I’ve read 10 books. This one “The Other Woman” is pacing to be the best so far. Although I haven’t finished it yet I can tell.
I was hooked on the first couple of pages. Silva’s writing is just so smooth it’s a pleasure to read him. If you haven’t read any of his books, try him. Prior to this book my favorite was “The English Girl “, but actually I like all of his books.
My fav author! Though not yet finished. I think I stretch out Daniel Silva’s books so I can truly enjoy them not run through them! Been waiting a while for its release. I am not disappointed. Love it!! What’s more enjoyable than a great book in bed toasty at night with the pets?.
Dark secrets are revealed in Vatican City in this Gabriel Allon thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. In Munich, a Jewish scholar is assassinated. In Venice, Mossad agent and art restorer Gabriel Allon receives the news, puts down his brushes, and leaves immediately.
And at the Vatican, the new pope vows to uncover the truth about the church’s response to the Holocaust–while a powerful cardinal plots his next move. Now, as Allon follows a trail of secrets and unthinkable deeds, the lives of millions are changed forever–and the life of one man becomes expendable.
“The Unlikely Spy,” Daniel Silva’s extraordinary debut novel, was applauded by critics as it rocketed onto national bestseller lists. “Briskly suspenseful, tightly constructed. reminiscent of John le Carr?’ s “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,”” said “The New York Times.
” “Silva has clearly done his homework, mixing fact and fiction to delicious effect and building tension-with the breathtaking double and triple turns of plot-like a seasoned pro,” praised “People. ” Now Silva has outdone himself, with a taut, lightning-paced thriller rooted assuredly in fact: Switzerland’s shameful WWII record of profiteering and collaboration with Nazi Germany.
When art restorer and occasional Israeli agent Gabriel Allon is sent to Zurich, Switzerland, to restore the painting of a reclusive millionaire banker, he arrives to find his would-be employer murdered at the foot of his Raphael.
A secret collection of priceless, illicitly gained Impressionist masterpieces is missing. Gabriel’s handlers step out of the shadows to admit the truth-the collector had been silenced-and Gabriel is put back in the high-stakes spy game, battling wits with the rogue assassin he helped to train.
Tense, taut, expertly crafted, and brimming with unexpected reversals, “The English Assassin” is Daniel Silva at his storytelling best.
Daniel Silva’s books stand alone. Yet they also build upon the characters and story lines of previous books. The English Assassin is the first of a trilogy, followed by The Confessor and Death in Venice.
Each of his last seventeen novels refers to earlier works. His first novel is a WWII spy thriller and the next two involve a different cast of characters. The series begins with Kill Artist. Silva is a fine a writer of this genre and anyone writing today or in the past.
He is my personal favorite, although I think very highly of several others.
I enjoy Daniel Silva’s novels, and this one was recommended to me. The English Assassin was one step ahead of everyone, including the protagonist Gabriel Allon, and then he quits for a pretty weak reason, in my opinion.
I enjoyed the rest of the novel; it was very well written, suspenseful, realistic, and had great descriptions. I would still recommend this novel, and Gabriel will meet the English Assassin in later novels.
I do suggest reading his novels in order for maximum enjoyment.
The English Assassin is the second novel in the well-received spy series crafted by Daniel Silva. The series chronicles the adventures of the art restorer and sometime spy for the Israeli Mossad, Gabriel Allon.
After a long absence, Allon is called back to service in the first novel, The Kill Artist, by the manipulative head of the Office, as the Israeli Agency is commonly referred to in the series. Allon is once again called upon to utilize his special talents to further the Agencys cause.
The story picks up as our reluctant hero is entangled in the murder of a prominent Swiss banker. Allon soon discovers that the banker may have been involved with the trafficking of priceless paintings stolen by the Third Reich during the war and hidden away for decades in the labyrinth and secretive Swiss banking system.
The daughter of the banker, a world renowned violinist, is enlisted, or rather drafts herself, to help solve the mystery. As the plot unfolds, Allon must help the woman make peace with the parent she once despised while keeping her and himself out of the crosshairs of the assassin hired to have the whole affair end quietly.
While the novel may not live up to the first offering in the series, or the excellent later books, for that matter, it is a quick and enjoyable read. The most interesting elements of the novel involve the art restorer trying to restore the damaged violinist as he solves her fathers mystery.
The interaction of Silvas characters, flawed yet admirable, keeps you turning the pages. What this novel may lack in originality, it more than makes up for in plot and action. It is a pleasant read and a worthy addition to a series that continues to gain momentum.
From worldwide bestselling author Daniel Silva, praised by Newsday for “bringing new life to the international thriller,” The Kill Artist is a taut and elegantly structured novel about a reluctant hero and his mission to destroy an old enemy and preserve international peace.
Gabriel Allon had a simple but brutal job: he tracked down and eliminated Israel’s terrorist enemies. But when his wife and son fell victim to the danger that accompanied him everywhere, Gabriel quit and devoted himself to the work of art restoration, an occupation that had previously been a cover for his secret assignments.
Now Ari Shamron, the head of Israeli intelligence, needs Gabriel’s particular kind of experience to thwart a Palestinian plot to destroy the peace negotiations in the Middle East. The architect of this plot, a Palestinian zealot named Tariq, is a lethal part of Gabriel’s past, so as the two begin an intercontinental game of hide-and-seek, with life and death as the prizes, the motives are as personal as they are political.
The story features a vivid and fascinating supporting cast, including the magus-like Ari Shamron, a beautiful French Jewish model who is seeking retribution for her family’s death in the Holocaust, and a marvelously comic down-at-the-heels London art dealer.
Set these colorful and varied characters against a brilliant background of political intrigue and vengeance at the highest levels and a manhunt that covers three continents, and the result is a smart and electrically exciting global thriller.
This is the first of a series of espionage thrillers featuring the protagonist Gabriel Allon. His “cover” or “day job” is that of an art restorer, one of the best in the world. But he was formerly an agent of the Israeli secret service, the Moussad.
In this book and in the ones that follow he keeps getting drawn back into the Moussad to do jobs for them. One of the things I like about the novel is that the author shows both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides of this long-lasting conflict.
There are good guys and definite bad guys. But there are also many shades of gray.
The start of Gabriel Allon. First in the series. Good plot. Well written characters. It is not necessary that you read the Gabriel Allon series in order. I read 15 others in the series before I got around to reading the first.
This is the start of a great series of books. I’m up to book 5. Gabriel Allon leads two lives. Although he prefers the quiet life of a restorer of great paintings his strong feelings of duty to his people and Israel pull him away from time to time.
The blood and violence sickens him but he’s the best. A personal tragedy tears at him constantly and influences his attempts for any normal relationship. The book has lots of action, moves fast and is hard to put down.
A terrorist plot in London leads Israeli spy Gabriel Allon on a desperate search for a kidnapped woman in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. While in Amsterdam, Israeli intelligence officer and master art restorer Gabriel Allon discovers a plot that is about to explode in the middle of London.
The daughter of the American ambassador is to be brutally kidnapped. But Gabriel arrives too late to save her. And when he reveals his face to the plot’s masterminds, his fate is sealed as well. Drawn once more into the service of American intelligence, Gabriel desperately searches for the missing woman as the clock ticks steadily toward the hour of her execution.
The search will thrust him into an unlikely alliance with a man who has lost everything because of his devotion to Islam. It will cause him to question the morality of the tactics of his trade. And it might very well cost him his life…A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Daniel Silva is an author who makes you believe in the characters. Gabriel Allon has become a friend of mine ( well, almost ) through the minute detail Silva brings to the fore. His places, descriptions, events, conversations are all so realistic.
Each page, each paragraph adds to the suspense. A masterful writer.
The Gabriel Allon hero in the story continues to make you want not want to put the book down, like others in this series. The locales where Gabriel goes are very descriptive, making you feel like you are right there with him- in Amsterdam, Germany, Denmark, and Israel.
It is interesting to follow the members of his team from book to book. This book has the daughter of the American ambassador to England kidnapped by terrorists. Gabriel must race against time to get her back alive.
The story gives you insight in the political dealings in today’s world. Gabriel is a complex, conflicted hero, which makes him facinating to read.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva presents “a first-rate thriller” (Rocky Mountain News) featuring art restorer—and reluctant spy—Gabriel Allon. After an explosion in Rome destroys the Israeli embassy, Gabriel Allon makes a disturbing discovery—the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, and lays bare his history.
Drawn into the heart of a service he’d once forsaken, Allon finds himself stalking a master terrorist across a bloody landscape generations in the making. But soon, Allon will wonder who is stalking whom.
When the final showdown comes, it won’t be Allon alone who is threatened with destruction. For it is not his history alone that has been exposed.
He has a great conversational style which is easy to follow. His characters are real and have personality flaws that make them very human. The stories are well thought out. My only complaint is in every book, his main character has the same description.
When introduced to the Pope, he uses the same descriptors.
Daniel Silva is an extraordinary writer. His creation, Gabriel Allon, is unique in the pantheon of spy/agent characters as he serves for the superior Israeli Office. And he is a brilliant art restorer.
Daniel Silva never misses. A strong narrative in this volume, with plenty of action by Allon and his team. Displays a vivid knowledge of the Middle East.
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year#1 NYT Bestseller#1 USA Bestseller#1 WSJ BestsellerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new summer blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon.
A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies, Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge – determined to hunt down the world’s most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin.
Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London’s glittering West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread.
The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that the true source of Martel’s enormous wealth is drugs.
And Martel, likewise, turns a blind eye to the fact he is doing business with a man whose objective is the very destruction of the West. Together, under Gabriel’s skilled hand, they will become an unlikely pair of heroes in the global war on terror.
Written in seductive and elegant prose, the story moves swiftly from the glamour of Saint-Tropez to the grit of Casablanca and, finally, to an electrifying climax that will leave readers breathless long after they turn the final page.
But House of Spies is more than just riveting entertainment; it is a dazzling tale of avarice and redemption, set against the backdrop of the great conflict of our times. And it proves once again why Daniel Silva is “quite simply the best” (Kansas City Star).
This is another well written international espionage book which Gabriel Allon and friends have a breathtaking, spine tickle adventures that this master minded author has a plot that takes many unexpected twists and turns that keeps the reader totally involved in this book.
Just as the many books written before and those after this has the reader totally understanding who the characters are and what they have accomplished within each book so readers are completely compelled to want to read even more about their adventures!! I highly recommend this to anyone who truly appreciates spy books as these are so well written one feels they are right there with Gabriel Allon.
Up to Silva’s standard of exciting writing! All his books are a good read. Perhaps the change from field operative to chief of office is a little hard to take, but at leas the personal involvement is still there.
Would have liked to have had a little more technical details on the functions of the office, but realize that this may stretch the boundaries a little. Nevertheless, a little more about the training methods and background stories would be interesting.
Gabriel Allon is back and now he’s Chief of the Office. But that doesn’t mean he’s just sitting behind a desk. He’s hot on the trail of Saladin, the notorious ISIS leader. And the usual suspects are around to help him in this fast-paced adventure.
Daniel Silva just keeps getting better and his stories are timely and very enjoyable. Highly recommended.
In the #1 New York Timesbestseller Moscow Rules, Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world. But he made one mistake. Leaving him alive. Over the course of a brilliant career, Daniel Silva has established himself as the “gold standard” of thriller writers (Dallas Morning News), a “master writer of espionage and intrigue” (The Cincinnati Enquirer), and the creator of “some of the most exciting spy fiction since Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond” (Rocky Mountain News).
Now Silva takes that fiction-and his hero, the enigmatic art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon-to a whole new level, delivering a riveting tale of vengeance that entertains as well as enlightens. Six months after the dramatic conclusion of Moscow Rules, Gabriel has returned to the tan hills of Umbria to resume his honeymoon with his new wife, Chiara, and restore a seventeenth-century altarpiece for the Vatican.
But his idyllic world is once again thrown into turmoil with shocking news from London. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer Grigori Bulganov, who saved Gabriel’s life in Moscow, has vanished without a trace.
British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, but Gabriel knows better. He also knows he made a promise. Many things have changed in Russia since the fall of Communism. But the punishment for betrayal remains the same.
Promise me one thing, Gabriel. Promise me I won’t end up in an unmarked grave. In the days to come, Gabriel and his team of operatives will find themselves in a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world’s most ruthless men: the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov.
It will take him from a quiet mews in London, to the shores of Lake Como, to the glittering streets of Geneva and Zurich, and, finally, to a heart-stopping climax in the snowbound birch forests of Russia.
Faced with the prospect of losing the one thing he holds most dear, Gabriel will be tested in ways he never imagined possible. And his life will never be the same. Filled with breathtaking turns of plot and sophisticated prose, and populated by a remarkable cast of characters, The Defectoris more than the most explosive thriller of the year.
It is a searing tale of love, vengeance and courage created by the writer whom the critics call “the perfect guide to the dangerous forces shaping our world” (Orlando Sentinel). And it is Daniel Silva’s finest novel yet.
This novel, “The Defector,” is pt. II of the novel, “Moscow Rules. ” This novel is quite an average spy story which manages to get everybody involved: CIA, KGB, NATO, FSB, MI5, MI6, Mossad, and countless others together in a continuing battle between Jew Gabriel Allon and Russian Ivan Kharkov.
Will Ivan and his billions thwart Allon? The storyline is much too slow-paced and instead of describing beaufiful counrtyides, Silva should have drawn out the art of the stalk & chase and the art of the fight.
As a reader I didn’t care to read countless paragraphs about the cobblestone streets or history of that & this or some area was in a state of ruin during the second world war. Finally in chapter 69 things are intenseley rolling along then, BAM, chapter 77 and the book is over.
The ending is brilliant, however the entire work could have been the same pace as it was from Chapters 69-77. I tried my hardest, but it took me five weeks to read this book. “IT IS NOT A PAGE-TURNER.
” But if you get to the end, you will be rewarded.
Another great story from Daniel Silva in the Gabriel Allon series. Just love this character, have read them all & now collecting for a second read. Highly recommend if you like spy & thriller storylines.
From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva comes a stunning new thriller of vengeance, deception, and betrayal. At an exclusive private school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state.
She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. She is not. And when she is brutally kidnapped across the border in the Haute-Savoie region of France, Gabriel Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a deadly secret war with an old enemy that will determine the future of the Middle East-and perhaps the world.
Daniel Silva has again scored a hit with me. Gabriel Allon and his cast of characters make The New Girl an enjoyable read. Based loosely on factual events it is a timely novel.
Daniel Silva is one of the undisputed masters of the modern espionage novel who has brought “new life to the international thriller” (Newsday). From the first, silva’s books have been instant New York Times bestsellers, and with his fourth, The Kill Artist, he introduced Gabriel Allon, “one of the most fascinating characters in the genre” (Chicago Sun-Times), whose “doubts and humanity raise him head and shoulders above most characters in espionage fiction” (Detroit Free Press).
Gabriel Allon has been hailed as the most compelling creation since “Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond” (Rocky Mountain News). A man with a deep appreciation for all that is beautiful, Gabriel is also an angel of vengeance, an international operative who will stop at nothing to see justice done.
Sometimes he must journey far in search of evil. And sometimes evil comes to him. This master art restorer and retired Israeli intelligence officer once again takes the helm in Silva’s latest searing tale—another thriller of “hypnotic prose, well-drawn characters and non-stop action” (People magazine)—filled with duplicity and terror in which Gabriel finds himself in one of the most beautiful and deadly places: Rome.
As always, Silva explores topical, timely issues through the entertaining medium of a heart-stopping thriller, with a plot marked by twists and turns, careful research, authentic logistics, and expertly drawn, unforgettable characters.
Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and spy, returns in a spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. For Gabriel and his wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London—a visit to a gallery in St.
James’s to authenticate a newly discovered painting by Titian, followed by a quiet lunch. But a pair of deadly bombings in Paris and Copenhagen has already marred this autumn day. And while walking toward Covent Garden, Gabriel notices a man he believes is about to carry out a third attack.
Before Gabriel can draw his weapon, he is knocked to the pavement and can only watch as the nightmare unfolds. Haunted by his failure to stop the massacre, Gabriel returns to his cottage in Cornwall, until a summons brings him to Washington, into a confrontation with the new face of global terror.
At the center of the threat is an American-born cleric in Yemen to whom Allah has granted “a beautiful and seductive tongue. ” A gifted deceiver, once a paid CIA asset, the mastermind is plotting a new wave of attacks.
This book is another in a long series of novels by Daniel Silva, whose protagonist, Gabriel Allon, is a sort of James Bond secret agent for the Israeli Mossad. All of Silva’s novels are very fast-paced, exciting, and extemely difficult to put down.
If you like a good spy yarn with lots of twists and action, Portrait of a Spy will not disappoint.
Portrait of a Spy differs from other Silva-Allon novels – that Ive read so far- in that he brings more of the Arab world into it. I was surprised to see he glorified Nadia al-Bakari, an Arab woman whose father was assassinated by Allon, yet befriended him and forgave him and that Allon almost lost his life to protect her.
A bit hard to digest. In general the novel was far-fetched, to say the least, but still an interesting read. I wouldnt say it was a page turner. Had a hard time finishing it.
Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva follows up his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestsellers The Order, The New Girl, and The Other Woman with this riveting, action-packed tale of espionage and suspense featuring art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon.
The fatal poisoning of a Russian billionaire sends Gabriel Allon on a dangerous journey across Europe and into the orbit of a musical virtuoso who may hold the key to the truth about his friend’s death.
The plot Allon uncovers leads to secret channels of money and influence that go to the very heart of Western democracy and threaten the stability of the global order. The Cellist is a breathtaking entry in Daniel Silva’s ‘outstanding series’ (People magazine) and reveals once more his superb artistry and genius for invention-and demonstrates why he belongs ‘firmly alongside le Carre and Forsyth as one of the greatest spy novelists of all time’ (The Real Book Spy).
Praise for Daniel Silva: ‘Fascinating, suspenseful and bated-breath exciting’ Publishers Weekly ‘One of the greatest spy novelists the genre has ever known’ CrimeReads ‘Daniel Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better’ Huffington Post ‘If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon’ Australian Women’s Weekly.
I have read all Gabriel Allon novels to date. I love the main character and have thoroughly appreciated Mr. Silva’s ability to weave historical events and contemporary espionage and political intrigue into terrific plots.
For the second consecutive time, the author has determined sharing his own views to be more necessary than weaving a good tale. We don’t all agree with his leanings, though he cites sources that think just like he does as proof he’s right.
He despises Christians and conservatives. He’s entitled to his opinion. I simply suggest he write articles for that and leave it out of his fiction. Unless something changes, I have read my last Daniel Silva book as potentially good stories are lost in his self-righteous ramblings, which time and history have proven wrong.
I love Daniel Silva’s books and always wait for a new one to come out every summer. But this one was an unexpected disappointment. Too politically charged! Why is it called a fiction if you use real names of politicians and give your opinions of actual events.
We can pick up New York times for that. This is not a novel. This is a political piece. And not a very good one. Very disappointed.
I have every book by this author in the Allon series and will never read him again. His previous book was poorly researched & was a dud. I wrote to him without response. This book was great for 90% of the read.
Then he became carried away in his pure hatred for Donald Trump and has ruined a top story. Further, to suggest Israel is happier with Biden than with Trump is sheer madness. All he need do is read the JP.
Trump recognised Jerusalem as the undivided capitol of Israel. Trump almost shut down a nuclear Iran. Biden is doing all he can to appease Iran & China for that matter. Silva, you have lost the plot, mate!.
No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest tale of high-stakes international intrigue featuring the inimitable Gabriel Allon.
Looks like the end of the road for Israeli assassin Gabriel as he moves to a desk job as head of the Office. The tension which was the hallmark of previous books is missing to a certain extent and one gets the feeling the narrative has run out of steam.
As a stand-alone book it is a good read but earlier novels with the same back-up team of well-drawn characters in each one were humdingers and classics of the genre.
I loved Daniel Silva’s latest book The Black Widow. I love the spy theme, double agent, contemporary ideas, travelling around the world and learning of other ideologies. Up there with I am Pilgrim.
Master of international intrigue Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, comes an explosive thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. The most beautiful music hides the deadliest secrets.
Viktor Orlov had a longstanding appointment with death. Once Russia’s richest man, he now resides in exile in London, where he is waging a crusade against the kleptocrats who have seized control of the Kremlin.
His mansion is protected by armed bodyguards. Yet somehow, on a rainy summer evening, in the midst of a global pandemic, Russia’s vengeful president finally manages to cross Orlov’s name off his kill list.
Before him was the receiver from his landline telephone, a half-drunk glass of red wine, and a stack of documents. The documents are contaminated with a deadly nerve agent. And when the reporter vanishes hours after the killing, MI6 concludes she is a Moscow Center assassin who penetrated the billionaire’s formidable defenses.
But Gabriel Allon believes his friends in British intelligence are dangerously mistaken. His search for the truth will take him to Geneva, where a private intelligence service is plotting an act of violence that will plunge an already divided America into chaos.
Only Allon, with the help of a brilliant young woman employed by the world’s dirtiest bank, can stop it. Praise for Daniel Silva: ‘Fascinating, suspenseful and bated-breath exciting’Publishers Weekly ‘One of the greatest spy novelists the genre has ever known’ CrimeReads ‘Daniel Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better’ Huffington Post ‘If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon’ Australian Women’s Weekly.
Comments at end of book totally took me by surprise. Why does everything have to be political? Mr. Silva revealed that he thinks because of his stature in book writing that he is qualified to lecture us with his narrow views.
Well known people sometimes get popularity and think they are smarter than everyone else and we will agree with their views. Big mistake Mr. Silva. I will never spend my good money on another book of yours.
Most of my books donated to Goodwill but this one goes in trash!.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva’s celebrated debut novel, The Unlikely Spy, is “A ROLLER-COASTER WORLD WAR II ADVENTURE that conjures up memories of the best of Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth” (The Orlando Sentinel).
“ In wartime,” Winston Churchill wrote, “truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. ” For Britain’s counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable—a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor.
The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent. Catherine Blake is the beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer—and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler: uncover the Allied plans for D-Day.
I just finished “The Unlikely Spy” and enjoyed it thoroughly. It was written in 1996, and appears to be one of Daniel Silva’s first novels, before his creation of the master assassin/spy Gabriel Allon, but it has all the thrills and intrigue of his more recent novels.
It’s very long (more than 700 pages) which allows for the development of some intricate plot twists. It provides a good picture of WWII London and the Allies’ attempts to prevent Germany from discovering the planned location of the D-Day invasion.
This book won’t disappoint anyone who is looking for a well-written (which is always typical of Silva’s work) and gripping novel full of intrigue and suspense.
First Daniel Silva book I have read although I can’t believe I have not read any before now. Every bit on the level of Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, Gerald Seymour etc. I will most certainly be reading more.
This is Daniel Silva’s first novel. I am an avid Silva fan. He writes well and the characters come to life in this novel. I believe that once you finish this one you still want to read his 21 other novels, especially the Gabriel Allon Series as he develops Israel’s great spy/ assassin.
A very compelling writer only getting better over time.
Daniel Silva is a bestselling author of historical fiction and thriller novels. His books are well-researched and finely crafted, with complex characters and international settings. Silva’s novels often feature art history and espionage, and his hero, Gabriel Allon, is a skilled art restorer and Israeli intelligence operative.
Silva’s novels are intelligent and suspenseful, with a strong sense of place. His writing is elegant and atmospheric, and he has a gift for creating vivid scenes and characters. His novels are perfect for readers who enjoy a sophisticated thriller with a global perspective.
