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Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for . . .
Glastonbury, an art restorer, has been brutally murdered, and the newly discovered Rembrandt he was working on has disappeared.
For spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon, it has been six months since his final showdown with the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. He has severed his ties with the Office with only one thing in mind: recovery. But this unspeakable act of violence once again draws Allon into a world of danger he thought he had left behind for ever.
Allon is persuaded to use his unique skills to trace the painting and those responsible for the crimes. As he investigates, he discovers there are terrible secrets connected to the painting, and terrible men behind them. Before he is done, he will have undertaken a journey through some of the twentieth century's darkest history - and come face to face with some of the same darkness within himself.
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Daniel Silva is the bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Price of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules and The Defector. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, NBC News Today correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children, Lily and Nicholas.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having read all Daniel Silva's novels I'm never disappointed. It's like drinking a fine wine. You sit back and know you are going to enjoy. With the same main characters, what would we do without them? It's like belonging to a family which is I think what makes a great writer. New villains abound, but you know Gabriel Allon will find a way to destroy them. The themes of America, Israel, Russia etc make for exciting reading. I'm just a wee bit disappointed with the final chapters. It would seem that the villains although thwarted got away with complete skins. Not usually the Allon way. Perhaps he is getting a little old!!!! I hope not as I just want more.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've read all of Daniel Silva's novels except the two most recent ones that were set in Russia. Just wasn't interested in the subject. I came back to his work when I read the synopsis of his new book, "The Rembrandt Affair".
Silva has returned to the western European/Israeli current affairs with a flashback to events during the Holocaust. Gabriel Allon, art restorer and Israeli agent, has retired after his previous contretemps in Russia to a seaside area in England. His "retirement" is interrupted by a request from a long-time friend from both the art world and the spy world to help him find a missing Rembrandt that had just popped up again after many years being hidden away. The painting, used as a bargaining chip by a Dutch Jew to save his daughter from transport - and death - with the rest of the family to Auschwitz.
Well, this story being a Silva-special, Israeli, British, and American security services get involved with current day Swiss banking and industrial secrets. Silva is a masterful writer of these stories, and though the cast changes slightly from book to book, Allon and his wife, Chiara, are the major characters, along with wily - and long-lived - former Israeli security chief, Ari Shamron. The villains also change nationality from book to book, but Silva always holds the reader's interest.
This is a good addition to Silva's stable of Gabriel Allon stories.
Silva has returned to the western European/Israeli current affairs with a flashback to events during the Holocaust. Gabriel Allon, art restorer and Israeli agent, has retired after his previous contretemps in Russia to a seaside area in England. His "retirement" is interrupted by a request from a long-time friend from both the art world and the spy world to help him find a missing Rembrandt that had just popped up again after many years being hidden away. The painting, used as a bargaining chip by a Dutch Jew to save his daughter from transport - and death - with the rest of the family to Auschwitz.
Well, this story being a Silva-special, Israeli, British, and American security services get involved with current day Swiss banking and industrial secrets. Silva is a masterful writer of these stories, and though the cast changes slightly from book to book, Allon and his wife, Chiara, are the major characters, along with wily - and long-lived - former Israeli security chief, Ari Shamron. The villains also change nationality from book to book, but Silva always holds the reader's interest.
This is a good addition to Silva's stable of Gabriel Allon stories.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In Daniel Silva's latest thriller featuring art restorer/supposedly retired Israeli spy-assassin, Gabriel Allon, The Rembrandt Affair is a tale of greed, passion, and murder spanning more than half a century, centered on an object of haunting beauty (i.e., a missing Rembrandt painting). The Rembrandt Affair's plot involves retired Gabriel Allon being persuaded to use his unique skills to search for the painting and those responsible for the crime. In typical Silva fashion, his latest book is one of slow-building but non-stop tension and suspense that will keep your eyes glued to its pages. While, on a comparative basis, The Rembrandt Affair does not match some of his other books in providing intense action, it is very successful in providing new dimensions into his already multidimensional, interesting cast of characters, as well as some very thought-provoking insights into Iran's efforts to be a major player in the field of nuclear weaponry. While some reviewers have criticized The Rembrandt Affair for being too formulaic, thus making it somewhat "same-old, same old," my opinion is that Silva's successful formula, which he's used now in most of his thirteen books, is kept fresh and interesting through the topical events and settings on which his books are based -- and this certainly is the case with The Rembrandt Affair. As a matter of fact, Silva's ability to continue to successfully execute his winning formula is at the heart of what makes me consider him to the "gold standard" of thriller writers. For me, there has never been a risk involved in reading a Silva book, with the only unknown being whether the book will be very good or excellent.
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Great as always
I love reading Silva's books. They grip the reader from the outset. Although they are easy to read, they do not talk down to the reader. Couldn't put the book down. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Yank Abroad
good old silva
excellent silva and allon style page turner,despite allon's threat to retire this is again another fast moving and solid thriller of substance, let's hope allon stays around for... Read more
Published 6 months ago by spybuff
The Artist returns
Yet again the master spy does it again, having followed all the adventures, i found this equally as good as the previous if not better.
Published 8 months ago by Leatherspider
Gabriel and team on top techno form
If you haven't read any of Daniel Silva's books, start at the beginning. This is the latest one I've read, but I have the next on bedside table. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Roy Walker
Enjoyable But Silva is Coasting
Existing fans of Daniel Silva's long running Gabriel Allon series will find 'The Rembrandt Affair' to be another entertaining entry. Read more
Published 8 months ago by C. Green
Formularised and boring
Hard to understand why Mr Silva perseveres with such a tired, played out character like Gabriel Allon - the Israeli James Bond (supposedly). Read more
Published 9 months ago by Nightman
A return to form !
I have read all the Gabriel Allon books in sequence and although I enjoyed the previous 2 books set in Russia , it really is nice to see Daniel Silva taking the character's back... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Gary Ashton
Not blown away
To be honest I've not read any of Daniel's work before and whilst I wasn't completely blown away I saw the skill taken behind the piece. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
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Book 10, in the Gabriel Allon series
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