Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon Series #22)

by Daniel Silva

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Baldacci’s beloved character Gabriel Allon makes a return in Portrait of an Unknown Woman, this time living out his retired dream in beautiful Venice. When an art forger whose fakes are nearly indistinguishable from the real paintings, Allon paints himself right back into the investigative scene.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with this fast-paced heist story, a thrilling crime mystery combining art and high finance.

A gripping story of deception in the world of international fine art. Restorer and spy Gabriel Allon embarks on a dangerous hunt across Europe for the secret behind the forgery of a 17th-century masterpiece that has fooled experts and exchanged hands for millions. Bestselling author Daniel Silva follows up his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestsellers The Cellist, The Order and The New Girl with this stunning new novel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062835161
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/19/2022
Series:	Gabriel Allon Series
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Prince of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector, The Rembrandt Affair, Portrait of a Spy, The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Heist, The English Spy, The Black Widow, House of Spies, The Other Woman, The New Girl, The Order, The Collector, A Death in Cornwall, and An Inside Job. He is best known for his long-running thriller series starring spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon. Silva’s books are critically acclaimed bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Date of Birth:

1960

Place of Birth:

Michigan

Website:

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com

Editorial Reviews

Few reading experiences bring me more joy than opening up the new Gabriel Allon novel every summer.” 

CrimeReads

"Reading the latest Gabriel Allon is like visiting an old friend. Another tour de force by the master." — Bob Woodward

“Silva can really write. The bastard.”  — James Patterson

"A smart summer escape." — Kirkus, starred review

“The scheme is a doozy, but the real draw here is the meticulously detailed look at the art of the forger.” — Booklist, starred review

“Few reading experiences bring me more joy than opening up the new Gabriel Allon novel every summer.”  — CrimeReads

"Silva always turns out a masterpiece." — Oklahoma City Friday

From the Publisher

★ 2022-07-19
Silva’s latest Gabriel Allon novel is a bit of a throwback—in the best possible way.

One-time assassin and legendary spymaster Gabriel Allon has finally retired. After saying farewell to his friends and colleagues in Israel, he moves with his wife, Chiara, and their two young children to a piano nobile overlooking Venice’s Grand Canal. His plan is to return to the workshop where he learned to restore paintings as an employee—but only after he spends several weeks recovering from the bullet wound that left him dead for several minutes in The Cellist(2021). Of course, no one expects Gabriel to entirely withdraw from the field, and, sure enough, a call from his friend and occasional asset Julian Isherwood sends him racing around the globe on the trail of art forgers who are willing to kill to protect their extremely lucrative enterprise. Silva provides plenty of thrills and, as usual, offers a glimpse into the lifestyles of the outrageously wealthy. In the early books in this series, it was Gabriel’s work as an art restorer that set him apart from other action heroes, and his return to that world is the most rewarding part of this installment. It is true that, at this point in his storied career, Gabriel has become a nearly mythic figure. And Silva is counting on a lot of love—and willing suspension of disbelief—when Gabriel whips up four old master canvases that fool the world’s leading art experts as a lure for the syndicate selling fake paintings. That said, as Silva explains in an author’s note, the art market is rife with secrecy, subterfuge, and wishful thinking, in no small part because it is almost entirely unregulated. And, if anyone can crank out a Titian, a Tintoretto, a Gentileschi, and a Veronese in a matter of days, it’s Gabriel Allon. The author’s longtime fans may breathe a sigh of relief that this entry is relatively free of politics and the pandemic is nowhere in sight.

A smart summer escape.

Kirkus Reviews