Daniel Silva's new Gabriel Allon book, The Defector was wonderful! It continues the story of Gabriel after he brings Russian defector Grigori Bulganov out of Russia from his last book, Moscow Rules. His disappearance draws Gabriel out of semi-retirement and into the path of Ivan Kharkov, the former KGB agent and Russian oligarch from Moscow Rules. Exotic locales, intriguing characters, and a breakneck pace
Gabriel is living a peaceful contented life restoring art for the Vatican and getting to know his bride, Chiara in Italy when Grigori is kidnapped by arms dealer Ivan Karhkov. The Ivan who's main goal in life is to emulate Stalin and inflict as much damage on the rest of the world as possible. Exotic locales intriguing characters, and a breakneck pace. I hope this isn't the last Gabriel story we'll have.
But if you haven't read any spy novels at all, Silva's series is a great one to start with!
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