The English Assassin

The English Assassin

By Daniel Silva

Pages

437

Rating

4.16

Year

2002

EspionageThrillerFictionSpy ThrillerMysterySuspense

Description

The English Assassin is a taut, lightning-paced thriller rooted in Switzerland's shameful World War II record of profiteering and collaboration with Nazi Germany.

When art restorer and occasional Israeli agent Gabriel Allon is sent to Zurich, Switzerland, to restore the painting of a reclusive millionaire banker, he arrives to find his would‑be employer murdered at the foot of his Raphael. A secret collection of priceless, illicitly gained Impressionist masterpieces is missing. Gabriel's handlers step out of the shadows to admit the truth—the collector had been silenced—and Gabriel is put back in the high‑stakes spy game, battling wits with the rogue assassin he helped to train.

Tense, taut, expertly crafted, and brimming with unexpected reversals, The English Assassin is Daniel Silva at his storytelling best.

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