Daniel Silva’s latest book in the brilliant Gabriel Allon series takes up where “The Black Widow” left off, though you absolutely do not have to have read the former to enjoy the later. Gabriel, the thoroughly likeable, decent, honourable man who heads up the Israeli Secret Service has unfinished business …
I had owned up here, publicly, in a review a couple of weeks ago about having only recently discovered the wonderful Commissario Brunetti series, written by the talented Donna Leon. Having got addicted, I am now binge-reading this series of gripping detective novels, set in Venice. Catching up on the …
What a bewitchingly clever book Michel Bussi’s “Black Water Lilies” is, the original page turner if ever there was one, and a book that keeps you guessing right until the final sentence. It is also a book that is virtually impossible to review without spoiling everything for those who still …
What an extraordinarily good read this book is. And, rather puzzlingly, what an extraordinarily uneven book it is too. I dislike crisiticising someone’s writing, because it is such an intensely personal thing, but this excellent book is so uneven in its writing that it could almost have been written by …
Having just put down Liz Nugent’s fabulous “Unravelling Oliver”, I immediately opened “Lying in Wait.” And this amazingly talented writer’s second novel is, possibly, even more stunning than her début book. What a writer. How exciting it is to discover such talent, even though everyone else clearly knew about Ms Nugent …
How is it possible that this stunning novel eluded me for 2 years? What a read. I sat up in the misty Himalayas, wrapped in a duvet against the damp chill, and read and read and read and didn’t go exploring. Just gobbled up this dark, gripping, clever book. The book …
Yes, indeed, I am still very immersed in the world of the master Israeli spy and assassin Gabriel Allon, and, as ever, am in awe of the amazingly topical plots and their totally unpredictable twists and turns, in the hands of the master, Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon and his world have …
I have been on a total Daniel Silva binge, reading my way through the gripping Gabriel Allon series. All throughout this long, remorselessly hot Delhi summer (I live in India), I have immersed myself, one book at a time, in the fascinating world of the Israeli secret service. The core …
Despite having rushed through the early Gabriel Allon series and already posted a review of the 7th book in the series, I decided to slow down, backtrack and review these gripping books in order. Gave me an excuse to re-read them, too. Thus it was with great pleasure that I …
