Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva is his eleventh book in the Gabriel Allon series - a spy who just wants to be retired to work on restoring paintings, but who keeps getting pulled back into espionage.Gabriel and Chiara are retired. They are living on the Cornwall coast where Gabriel is restoring a Rembrandt. Though they are living under false names to hide from past enemies, they are settling into retired life.
But when they visit London and try to go out for a quiet lunch in Convent Garden, Gabriel see a man he is sure is a suicide bomber. Being a Israeli Mossad agent, he is trained to notice the signs.
Of course Gabriel cannot let the man blow up a major shopping area in London - so once again Gabriel and Chiara are pulled back into the Office.
Silva is a master storyteller. His writing draws reader into the story before the end of the first page, delighting us with skill. His characters are flawed and beautiful - the type of people we hope are really watching our backs in this new world of terrorism. His action and pace leave up breathless and up all night reading. And then pacing until he finishes writing the next installment. Read the Gabriel Allon series - it is one of the best ever written.
Silva, Daniel. (2011). Portrait of a Spy. New York: Harper.
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