The Other Woman

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Call Number: Fiction / Silva, Daniel, Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / Espionage / Silva, Daniel
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is 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 is the keeper of the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West -- a mole who 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.

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Almost a digression from the Gabriel Allon series submitted by GJBarnett2 on August 18, 2018, 9:00am Although I enjoyed this, and "binge-read" it in about a day-and-a-half, I came away with the sense that Silva is running out of ideas for what has been one of the most interesting and complex characters in contemporary fiction. Largely a "what-if?" rooted in historical events, Gabriel Allon's most recent adventure seems almost to have been written without him. Little character development and remarkably slow-moving after the big reveal which was telegraphed quite early. I 've very much enjoyed the series but this episode is definitely a step down.

Gabriel Allon's new book submitted by ruth langston on September 6, 2018, 9:09pm I agree with GJBarnett's review above completely. I had the same view the day I finished the book. Very disappointing