Author:Daniel Silva
On a bright morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy. Moments later, four gunmen cut down survivors as they stagger from the burning building. Gabriel Allon is hastily recalled to Israel and drawn once more into the heart of the secret service he'd hoped to leave behind. For the blast has led to a disturbing revelation: a dossier that strips away Allon's secrets and lays bare his history. A dossier that had fallen into terrorist hands . . .
Prepare to be sucked in and swept along by this chilling white-water rapid of a thriller
—— CosmopolitanBy turns playful and poignant, sexy and sinister, Hill's darkly comedic portrait of a woman scorned packs a captivating surprise
—— BooklistA new voice in psychological suspense fiction
—— Daily MailA sensational new addition to the psychological thriller shelves
—— Daily RecordA thrilling tale
—— The LadyPopular fiction at its best
—— The Washington PostThis is a book full of surprising discoveries and reversals, but also a fascinating portrait of a society closer to fracture than anyone is prepared to admit...One of the novel's strength's is that it values intelligence, and the process of analytic thought as much as it does the sensational moments
—— Roz Kaveney , IndependentPearl's is an ambitious project; literary criticism, biography, reconstruction, reportage and fiction, all in one volume...Where else could you find all this and disquisitions on the slave trade, voter fraud in local elections and the workings of the US postal system? And the truth about Edgar Allan Poe's death?
—— Nicola Smyth , Independent on SundayFascinating reading
—— The TimesThis is a story not for people who like reading novels but for the much larger number who like solving puzzles
—— Sunday TelegraphBruen's tightly coiled prose strikes like a piss-soaked rattler.
—— CapitalSharp, punch and unsettling, Priest is a masterpiece.
—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph... An intensely dark maelstrom ... excellent.
—— www.marymartin.com.auBruen should be valued as one of the most challenging and memorable writers in the genre at the moment.
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