Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon Series #11)

by Daniel Silva Narrated by Simon Vance

Overview

“A bona fide thrill ride.”
-Miami Herald
*
“Silva builds tension with breathtaking double and triple turns of plot.”
-People
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Portrait of a Spy is Silva's eleventh thriller to feature art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon as he races from Great Britain to Washington to New York to the Middle East on the trail of a deadly and elusive terrorist network responsible for massacres in Paris, Copenhagen, and at London's Covent Garden.

Editorial Reviews

Antiterrorist expert Gabriel Allon would prefer to spend a quiet life as an art restorer, but events keep dragging him back into danger. In his eleventh book incarnation, Allon is strolling innocently with his wife in London when he spots a man who he instinctively identifies as a suicide bomber. Fate (in the form of a violent British undercover officer) unfortunately interferes before Gabriel can thwart the bomber's self-destructive mayhem, a detonation that marks the beginning of another Allon descent into riveting terrorist hunting. Subtle and suspenseful.

Library Journal

While enjoying a day in London with his wife, antiterrorist expert Gabriel Allon spots a man he believes to be a suicide bomber and follows him into Covent Garden. Alas, undercover police knock him down before he can intervene, and carnage ensues. Afterward, the CIA asks Gabriel to track down an American-born cleric now setting himself up as a rival to Osama bin Laden. Just what you'd expect of this New York Times top seller; with a one-day laydown on July 19, plus a 500,000-copy first printing. Buy multiples.

AUGUST 2011 - AudioFile

Gabriel Allon, Israeli mastermind and art restorer, is a master of disguises, and his "vocal portrait” has been attempted by numerous narrators. Simon Vance takes on the task here in Allon's eleventh caper as a globe-trotting modern spy. Yet Allon is illusive, and Vance doesn't quite nail it. Could it be that Allon is such a complex changeling that even the highly skilled and perceptive Vance doesn't quite inhabit him? Can anyone? Fans of the series, or newcomers, will mind little as Allon and his compatriots outwit terrorists, and their espionage "partners." Very dull, slightly muffled sound mars Vance's usual crisp speech and makes his subtleties hard to hear. The definitive portrait of this spy is yet unpainted. R.F.W. 2012 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173581105
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/19/2011
Series:	Gabriel Allon Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	493,106

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