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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 he last did any spy work.
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Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Moscow Rules and 10 other international bestselling spy novels. Best known for his Gabriel Allon series, his books are translated into more than 25 languages. Silva lives in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC with his wife, NBC Today National Correspondent Jamie Gangel and their twins Lily and Nicholas. Photo of the author: John Earle, photographer
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Premise, Fast Start, but Loses Some Steam Toward the End,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 109,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: Rembrandt Affair, The (Hardcover)
"Take counsel, execute judgment;
Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes." -- Isaiah 16:3 In The Rembrandt Affair, Gabriel Allon and his wife Chiara have retired from the spy trade, seeking to recover from the deadly peril and awful consequences of the events in The Defector for them. How long will they stay on the proverbial beach? Not long in this intriguing saga. The book's premise is one of the best part of the book so I'm not going to talk about it. Read and enjoy instead. Let me say that Mr. Silva has done a great job of weaving together many potential themes into one fascinating mystery as the book opens. Like those nesting Russian dolls, there keep being more surprises inside. There's some tremendous writing in the opening about life under the Nazis. A little casual investigation soon blows up into something much more serious. Those who enjoy thrillers that have dangerous potential consequences for today's world will enjoy that part as well. The only real problem with that section of the book is that it was very predictable based on some of the earlier plots in the series. I won't mention which ones, lest I spoil something for you in case you haven't read those particular books. The second half of the book felt like stretching and the delightful premise faded too far into the background to suit my taste. A story doesn't have to always be about gigantic global consequences to be interesting. It just has to be good. I must admit that the parts near the end didn't grip me with excitement or fear . . . so the thriller aspect wasn't quite there. It was more of case of continuing suspense as new surprises opened up. I definitely recommend the book. You may well enjoy it a lot more than I did. I don't know of another spy "thriller" that's out recently that's any better.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Endless Action,
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This review is from: Rembrandt Affair, The (Hardcover)
Book 10, in the Gabriel Allon series
For those who are thriller addicts, Mr. Silva has to be one of the main suppliers; he is at the top of his game when it comes to satisfying the needs of avid readers and their quest for endless action and suspense. "The Rembrandt Affair" is a fascinating fiction, a blend of international espionage, art theft and murder that is well-written, fast-paced and populated with a remarkable cast of characters. Gabriel Allon, the protagonist, is an accomplished art restorer and a skilled Israeli spy when called upon, a hero for all seasons with a stellar success rate. The plot opens with Gabriel and his wife Chiara enjoying a little down time in the scenic coastal town of Glastonbury. They are recovering from the traumatic aftereffects of their heroic rescue from the murderous hands of a Russian oligarch (the previous novel "The Defector"). When Gabriel learns an art restorer has been found murdered and a priceless painting by Rembrandt is missing, he is unable to stand by and do nothing. He soon finds himself back into the tick of thing and in full investigative mode with the help of his trusted cohorts. This latest caper, tense at times, unravels at a fast and suspenseful pace with many twists and turns right through to the climactic ending. The storyline is sad, very emotional and heart wrenching at times but this meaty novel is very smartly written and engaging. The sub-plots are also very interesting on their own; they mirror some of the information that sufficed about the role Swiss banks and the Catholic Church played during WW11 and the looting of art by the Nazi elite. I was so into this novel I burned the midnight oil to the last page.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good return of the series characters.,
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This review is from: Rembrandt Affair, The (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.
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