Monday, August 25, 2025

Short review of Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva

 


 Silva, Daniel Portrait of a Spy

This is an early Silva from 2001. It’s a paperback and can be found in the 3rd floor Grand Living library. Gabriel Allon, master Israeli spy, is trying to concentrate on his art restoration skills when bombings in major European cities threaten the Western alliances and the Arab world. After a close call in London’s Covent Garden, he comes up with a master plan that unites the intelligence services of the Brits, Israelis, and Americans. It involves recruiting a Middle Eastern woman whose father was assassinated by Allon when the woman was a young girl, but who may be able to approach the evil mastermind behind the bombs. There are several levels of deception in several different countries. It is fast moving and gripping right up to the violent ending.  

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