by Daniel Silva
Part of Gabriel Allon, book 9
First published 2009
Gabriel Allon has returned to the hills of Umbria with his new wife Chiara, working on a seventeenth-century altarpiece for the Vatican. Six months have passed since the events in Moscow, and Gabriel believes he can finally enjoy his honeymoon in peace. Then shocking news arrives from London. Grigori Bulganov, the former Russian intelligence officer who saved Gabriel's life, has disappeared without a trace. British intelligence suspects Bulganov was a double agent, but Gabriel knows better. He remembers the promise he made to the desperate defector in Moscow. Bulganov had warned Gabriel about the unchanging nature of Russian justice for traitors, begging him to prevent an unmarked grave. Now Gabriel must abandon his peaceful restoration work and enter a deadly game of vengeance. The most dangerous man in the world, whom Gabriel failed to kill in Moscow, may have claimed his revenge through Bulganov's disappearance.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, revenge
Setting: Umbria, London, Moscow
Period: Seventeenth-Century, Six Months Ago
480 pages · Hardcover · Putnam Adult