Portrait of a Spy
Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, secret agent, assassin and master art restorer, returns in a spellbinding novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling authorEurope is exploding. And one man must find out why.For Gabriel Allon and his wife Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a romantic weekend in London. But nothing is ever that simple when you’re an off-duty spy and assassin.Bombings in Paris and Copenhagen have put him on edge and when Gabriel notices a man exhibiting several traits common to suicide bombers, he follows him into the Covent Garden throng. He’s determined to prevent the carnage he fears is about to take place, but before Gabriel can draw his sidearm, he is knocked to the pavement by two plain-clothes police officers.A moment later he looks up to find a scene from his nightmares.From the streets of New York and London,to the unforgiving landscape of the Saudi desert,Gabriel Allon is in a race to the death against a calculating mass-murderer that he dare not lose…
PORTRAIT OF A SPY
DANIEL SILVA
Dedication
For my wonderful children, Nicholas and Lily,
whom I love and admire more than they will
ever know. And, as always, for my wife, Jamie, who
makes everything possible.
Epigraph
Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie
and as British as afternoon tea.
ANWAR AL-AWLAKI, AL-QAEDA PREACHER AND RECRUITER
One person of integrity can make a difference,
a difference of life and death.
ELIE WIESEL
Contents
Title Page (#ub56baa50-a824-5125-9164-619c841110dd)
Dedication
Epigraph
PART ONE
Chapter 1 - The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Chapter 2 - Paris
Chapter 3 - St. James’s, London
Chapter 4 - Covent Garden, London
Chapter 5 - Covent Garden, London
Chapter 6 - Covent Garden, London
Chapter 7 - New Scotland Yard, London
Chapter 8 - New York City
Chapter 9 - The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Chapter 10 - Lizard Point, Cornwall
Chapter 11 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 12 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 13 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 14 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 15 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 16 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 17 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 18 - Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 19 - Volta Park, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 20 - The Palisades, Washington, D.C.
PART TWO
Chapter 21 - New York City
Chapter 22 - Madrid-Paris
Chapter 23 - Paris
Chapter 24 - Paris
Chapter 25 - Seraincourt, France
Chapter 26 - Montmartre, Paris
Chapter 27 - Paris
Chapter 28 - Seraincourt, France