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 Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in a spellbinding #1 New York Times bestselling novel ‘Allon is the 21st century Bond’ Daily Mail

Bruised and war-weary following his secret war to bring down a terrorist mastermind, Gabriel Allon returns to his beloved Rome to restore a Caravaggio masterpiece.

But early one morning Gabriel is summoned by his friend and occasional ally Monsignor Luigi Donati, the all-powerful private secretary to the Pope. The broken body of a beautiful woman lies beneath Michelangelo's magnificent dome. Donati fears a public inquiry will inflict more wounds on an already-damaged Church so he calls upon Gabriel to use his matchless talents and experience to quietly pursue the truth – was it suicide, or something more sinister?

Gabriel discovers that the woman revealed a dangerous secret that threatens powers beyond the Vatican. And an old enemy plots revenge in the shadows, an unthinkable act of sabotage that will plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions. Once again Gabriel must return to the ranks of his old intelligence service—and place himself, and those he holds dear, on the razor’s edge of danger.

©2012 Daniel Silva (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Classics Crime Thrillers Dystopian Espionage Science Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Middle East Crime Suspense Survival Mystery Thriller
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Exciting story-line but outcomes are so predictable. Gabriel saves Israel, Gabriel saves the Pope, the bad guy falls to his death and kills himself when Gabriel didn't have enough evidence... If you read the previous book you know everything in advance.

Sooo predictable...

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Once again we listened together over several weeks, drawing out every word of this fiction based on so much fact. Can't wait for the next book when we re on holiday

Another brilliant read

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Too much history, action glossed over. Too much history, action glossed over. Too much history, action glossed over. Seven unique words.

Too much history, action glossed over.

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Yet again another captivating story, well written and performed. The plot line has you gripped throughout.

A good story

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I've just finished listening to Portrait Of A Spy which I thoroughly enjoyed. Narrated by Simon Vance there was a decent gravitas to the story. This book follows on but ufortunately sounds like it's been narrated by Hawkeye from M*A*S*H. There's a habit of rising inflection which cheapens the characters and makes it sound like a jolly caper instead of a sweeping tale. I hope the story can outweigh the narration so I can make it to the end.

Annoying narrator

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