The Other Woman
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4.3 • 272 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Daniel Silva and Gabriel Allon return in another blistering, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller.
''Another jewel in the bedazzling crown of a spy-fiction master." Booklist
She was his best-kept secret ...
In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman is writing a dangerous memoir. It tells 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 holds the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West -- a mole who now 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.
'If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon' Australian Women's Weekly
'Allon is a great political operative, but Silva is an even greater writer' Huffington Post
'One of fiction's greatest spies ... Allon remains as compelling as ever' Kirkus
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
With their undercurrents of real-world menace, Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon thrillers tend to feel disturbingly timely. For his 18th mission, the Israeli super-spy—who’s now the head of Mossad—uncovers a decades-long KGB conspiracy to install a Russian asset in the White House. The multilayered global threat unfolds at a brisk clip, including everything from infidelity and kidnapping to treason and assassination. Silva ratchets up the pressure to diamond-making levels…just the way his fans like it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The actions of real-life British intelligence agent Kim Philby, who defected to the Soviet Union in 1963, drive bestseller Silva's excellent 18th novel featuring Israeli art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon (after 2017's House of Spies). Israel's intelligence division, known as the Office, is running an operation to save blown Russian agent Konstantin Kirov, one of Israeli's most valuable sources, and bring him to sanctuary in the U.K. When the operation goes bad, Gabriel and his team are drawn into a meticulously planned mission, involving both MI6 and the CIA, to unearth one of the Kremlin's highest-placed moles. Meanwhile, in Andalusia, a French journalist starts writing a memoir called The Other Woman, which contains the key to the mystery that Gabriel must solve. Philby, who died in Moscow three decades earlier in 1988, turns out to be at the bottom of it. In recent years, a number of thriller authors have focused on Philby, but Silva's treatment of him may be the most complex and fascinating yet. Readers will be enthralled by both the history and the up-to-the-minute plot that Silva spins with such finesse. 10-city author tour.
Customer Reviews
The Other Woman
Daniel Silva takes you to a world of danger and excitement. I wait impatiently for each new book. I’ve learned so much about Art and restoring just following Gabriel Allon
McNab
Silva and Allon at the top of their game
I’ve read almost all of the Gabriel Allon series and rate The Other Woman as possibly the best of them all. A real page-turner with a plot and characters of considerable depth.
The Other Woman
As usual, Daniel Silva has written another superb work which transcends all of those going before and makes it impossible to put down for more that 5 minutes. Can’t wait for the next exciting work.