Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, and the Gabriel Allon series, including The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, House of Spies, and The Other Woman. His books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world.
Praise for Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon Novels
“An exceptionally readable, sophisticated thriller...Silva
ranks...among the best of the younger American spy novelists.”—The
Washington Post
“A cloak-and-dagger tale [that] moves at a brisk clip, with clean,
lucid exposition and characters who are thoughtfully drawn.”—The
New York Times
“The plot is rich, multilayered and compelling with issues as
timely as the daily headlines and problems as old as
humankind...Silva maintains tension and suspense.”—The Denver
Post
“Enthralling...a thriller that entertains as well as
enlightens.”—The Orlando Sentinel
“Smooth and compelling.”—Detroit Free Press
“Silva’s sophisticated treatment, polished prose, an edgy mood, and
convincing research give his plot a crisp, almost urgent
quality.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Silva knows how to plot...[he] will draw you in—and you’ll learn
something at the same time.”—Rocky Mountain News
“Thrilling...a good, cinematic story.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Switzerland's shameful behavior in WWII provides the backdrop for this superbly crafted thriller that puts Silva at the forefront of his generation of foreign intrigue specialists. Here, the former CNN correspondent also appears to have settled on a main character to propel his promising line Gabriel Allon, the art restorer and Israeli hit man who starred in last year's acclaimed The Kill Artist. Just a few pages into this sequel, Allon finds himself the apparent victim of a double cross. When he arrives to restore a Raphael owned by reclusive Swiss banker Augustus Rolfe, Allon not only discovers the banker dead but finds himself the number one suspect. The charge doesn't stick, however, and when he is released from custody, he vows to find out who tried to frame him. His first stop is Rolfe's daughter, Anna, one of the world's top violinists and a woman haunted by her family's heritage of wartime greed and cruelty. Allon catches the attention of Switzerland's secretive power structure, which intends to stymie any further investigation into Rolfe's murder and the theft of his suspiciously acquired art collection. The so-called Council of Rutli contracts with a shadowy hit man, known only as the Englishman, to eliminate Allon and anyone else who threatens to expose Switzerland's past. The action unfolds in tightly focused scenes played out across a spectrum of European capitals and more pastoral settings. As a historical framework, the secrets of the Bahnhofstrasse are well-trod territory, yet Silva's sophisticated treatment polished prose, an edgy mood, convincing research gives his plot a crisp, almost urgent quality. Agent, Esther Newberg of ICM. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 national advertising campaign. (Mar. 4) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Praise for Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon Novels
"An exceptionally readable, sophisticated thriller...Silva
ranks...among the best of the younger American spy
novelists."-The Washington Post
"A cloak-and-dagger tale [that] moves at a brisk clip,
with clean, lucid exposition and characters who are thoughtfully
drawn."-The New York Times
"The plot is rich, multilayered and compelling with issues
as timely as the daily headlines and problems as old as
humankind...Silva maintains tension and suspense."-The Denver
Post
"Enthralling...a thriller that entertains as well as
enlightens."-The Orlando Sentinel
"Smooth and compelling."-Detroit Free Press
"Silva's sophisticated treatment, polished prose, an edgy
mood, and convincing research give his plot a crisp, almost urgent
quality."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Silva knows how to plot...[he] will draw you in-and you'll
learn something at the same time."-Rocky Mountain News
"Thrilling...a good, cinematic story."-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
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