Gabriel
Allon “the 21st century Bond” returns in The English Spy
from #1 New
York Times bestselling
author Daniel Silva.
Stretched
topless upon the foredeck, drink in hand, her flawless skin baking in
the sun, was the most famous woman in the world. And one deck below,
preparing an appetizer of tuna tartare, cucumber, and pineapple, was
the man who was going to kill her. . . .
She
is an iconic member of the British Royal Family, beloved for her
beauty and charitable works, resented by her former husband and his
mother, the Queen of England. But when a bomb explodes aboard her
holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down
her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon.
Gabriel's
target is Eamon Quinn, a master bomb maker and mercenary of death who
sells his services to the highest bidder. Quinn is an elusive man of
the shadows—"a whisper in a half-lit chapel, a loose thread at
the hem of a discarded garment"—but fortunately Gabriel does
not pursue him alone. At his side is Christopher Keller, a British
commando turned professional assassin who knows Quinn's murderous
handiwork all too well.
The
English Spy moves
at light speed from the glamorous island of Saint Barthélemy to the
mean streets of West Belfast to a cottage atop the cliffs of Cornwall
that Gabriel holds dear. And though he does not realize it, he is
stalking an old enemy—a cabal of evil that wants nothing more than
to see him dead. Gabriel will find it necessary to oblige them, for
when a man is out for vengeance, death has its distinct advantages.
Filled
with breathtaking twists, The
English Spy will
hold readers spellbound from its riveting opening passages to its
heart-stopping conclusion. It is a timely reminder that there are
some men in the world who will stop at nothing to achieve their
goals. And it proves once again why Daniel Silva is regarded as his
generation's finest writer of international thrillers.
