My wife has looked up of Daniel Silvia’s books and bought a copy of all of them used, for cheap, on the interwebs. This has given us both an opportunity to read some of the earlier Gabriel Allon books we haven’t yet read. Or perhaps we have but have forgotten. The Secret Servant is not the first book in the series, I’m not sure what that would but the evernet knows.
Yep, it’s The Kill Artist. This book is the seventh in the series, while it’s not recorded on this blog, it’s possible that I read it before I started keeping track. It’s also possible, that because Allon books often have both a similar story arc and subject matter, that just feels like I’ve read it. In any case, I thought that this was a good installment in the series and there were a few things covered here that I don’t recall hearing about before, and in some cases, helps to fill in some of the backstory referred to in later installments.
Silva and Allon fans will not be disappointed. If any one knows of an author writing similar stories from the Arabic perspective and history, leave a comment below. It might be interesting to see an alternative viewpoint.
