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'Allon is the 21st century Bond' Daily Mail
Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in a spellbinding new thriller from No.1 bestselling author Daniel Silva. For all fans of Robert Ludlum.
Gabriel Allon - art restorer and legendary spy - is in Venice when he receives an…
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1 author picked The Heist as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Heist is one in a series of spy novels written by the prolific author, Daniel Silva, featuring the legendary spy Gabriel Allon. Usually, spy novels bore me to tears, but I have now read every book Silva has written. He is the best in his genre and I was captivated by his characters who are thoroughly developed as you work through the series. All of Silva’s books focus on crimes against the Jewish state and the Heist tells the tale of a stolen Carvaggio masterpiece and Allon’s attempt to retrieve it from a historic criminal element. I couldn’t put…
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