In the beginning, Daniel Silva takes his time setting the stage and stakes for all characters involved, as well as secondary characters who have their own set of problems. Once the mission begun it was hard to pull away. This book proved to be a complex and ensnaring read. Pretty much every spy in this novel is a retiree brought back to action to settle old scores, and that includes Jacqueline Delacroix, a French model who used to work for the Office, and is brought back in to seduce a close contact of Tariq to uncover his whereabouts and strategies and perhaps to reconcile with Gabriel, a past flame dimmed, but not extinguished, by tragedy. Ari Shamron is the retired boss come back to run one last mission for the Office, a group of highly trained surveillance and assassin professionals that work in conjunction with powerful governments (not the TV show). Gabriel and Tariq have a deep past from decades ago, and Gabriel hopes that by taking down Tariq he can begin to move on from his past mistakes and miseries. Israel’s ambassador has been assassinated and it is believed to be by the infamous terrorist leader, Tariq al-Hourani. He's in the middle of restoring a masterpiece in a secluded town when his old boss Ari Shamron pays him a visit. Gabriel Allon has been retired from his "less than legal" profession for a while, choosing instead to make his cover profession his only one, as a restoration artist.
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