A Death in Vienna
โ Scribed by Daniel Silva
- Book ID
- 110619701
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Series
- Gabriel Allon Book 4
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780451213181
- ASIN
- B00150K3O2
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Gabriel Allonโs nightmares come back to haunt him in this tense thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva.
Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to discover the truth behind a bombing that killed an old friend, but while there he encounters something that turns his world upside down. It is a faceโa face that feels hauntingly familiar, a face that chills him to the bone.
While desperately searching for answers, Allon will uncover a portrait of evil stretching across sixty years and thousands of livesโand into his own personal nightmaresโฆ
Praise
โNot one for cookie-cutter cheap thrills, Silvaโs mastered the art of weaving provocative narrative, espionage and foreign intrigue.โโ _Chicago Sun-Times
_ โA masterful and compelling tale of evil, treachery and revengeโฆgoes to the top of the list of this yearโs best.โโ _Rocky Mountain News
_ โA masterfully constructed tale of memory and revenge. It demonstrates that thrillers can be more than entertainment.โโ _The Miami Herald
_ โ[A] superbly crafted narrative of espionage and foreign intrigue.โโ _Publishers Weekly
_ โA thriller thatโs not content to be just a thriller, as it delves into issues involving the Holocaust and its perpetrators and survivors.โโ _The Kansas City Star
_ โ[A] world-class practitioner of spy fictionโฆ Silva writes with style, economy and a sure command of the historical recordโฆa skillful novelist who does justice to the often heartbreaking material without exploiting it.โโ _The Washington Post Book World
_ โReads like an exquisitely suspenseful chess game.โโ Booklist
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