Daniel Silva brings back his hero Gabriel Allon in this fantastic thriller full of intrigue and action. Gabriel is of course an art restorer/assassin and is in Umbria restoring an altarpiece for the Vatican when he gets some disturbing news from London. Grigori Bulganov, defector and former Russian intelligence officer has disappeared without a trace. Gabriel knows what’s happened to him, knows what he must do, and faces a man who is seeking revenge against him.

Okay so now I have a confession to make, even though this is the ninth book with Gabriel Allon, this is my first adventure with him. I loved this spy thriller and had no problem jumping in on this series, but now I do have the desire to start from the beginning of the series; so little time so many books. ~Mara