Portrait of a Spy: A Novel

“A bona fide thrill ride.”
—Miami Herald
 
“Silva builds tension with breathtaking double and triple turns of plot.”
—People
 
Portrait of a Spy is Silva’s eleventh thriller to feature art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon as he races from Great Britain to Washington to New York to the Middle East on the trail of a deadly and elusive terrorist network responsible for massacres in Paris, Copenhagen, and at London’s Covent Garden.
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It was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London for master art restorer and spy Gabriel Allonand his wife, Chiara. But a deadly pair of bombings in Paris and Copenhagen has already marred this lovelyautumn day. Then, before he can stop a man he suspectsis about to launch a third attack in Covent Garden,Gabriel is knocked to the pavement—and he can only watch helplessly as the nightmare unfolds.

The haunting memory of his failure to stop the massacre of innocents is still fresh when Gabriel is summoned to Washington—and plunged into a deadly confrontation with the new face of global terror. An elusive American-born cleric in Yemen—once a paid CIA asset whomAllah has granted "a beautiful and seductive tongue"—stands at the center of the explosive plague of death and destruction. And the worst is yet to come . . .

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“If you are not yet in the Silva fold, pick up Portrait of a Spy and get introduced. This is suspense writing at its best and character writing that will stay with you for a long, long time.” - Huffington Post

“Elegantly paced, subtle and well-informed, it’s more textured than Bond, more mojito than dry martini. If you haven’t read Silva before, try this and then go back and read the series.” - Daily Mail (London)

“The pinnacle of world-class spy thriller writing.” - Denver Post

“Portrait of a Spy is much more than a mere up-to-the-minute thriller. It’s also a bona fide thrill ride.” - Miami Herald

“The courageous Nadia will seize your attention, as will Allon’s frantic efforts to stop a future terrorist attack.” - Parade magazine