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Daniel Silva’s books are always hard to put down, and this one was no exception. The book starts with a Russian intelligence officer being coerced into being an informant for Israel and the West, code name Heathcliff. When Heathcliff passes some intelligence that will make it apparent to the Russians that he’s passing secrets he needs to be extracted and given asylum. The Israelis will handle the exfiltration operation as they recruited him, and the British will give him asylum as they were a prime beneficiary of the information he passed on. It should be a simple operation, but a Russian assassin gets to the defector first and kills him. There is a mole somewhere in Israeli or British Intelligence giving information to the Russians – this is how they knew when and where the operation would take place. Not only have the Russians killed the asset, but they’ve cleverly found a way to cast suspicion on Gabriel Allon, the head of Israeli Intelligence, for the murder. This starts a series of events that links the present to a spy scandal from the 1950s.

Gabriel Allon and his team set out to uncover the identity of the mole and the twists and turns getting to the solution are fascinating. In addition to being a great spy story, the interplay and relationships between the familiar players from all 18 books in the Gabriel Allon series is fascinating as always. In this book one of Gabriel’s best professional relationships falls victim to events.

Because Daniel Silva books are always so tied to current events, they seem to be both fiction and non-fiction simultaneously. They always leave me feeling both very worried and yet somewhat hopeful. They’re also the only books where my first thought upon finishing is that I want to reread the book to catch anything I may have missed the first time. If you’re a newcomer to the series, this can be read as a standalone but I highly recommend starting from the first book of the series (The Kill Artist) and working forward. You’ll get to know and love the series regulars and see them evolve. This is another great book in a great series. This review is based on a complimentary pre-release copy, but that said, I liked the book so much that I purchased an ebook copy to keep in my library and reread – in fact I’m doing that right now! :D


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The Other Woman A Novel edition by Daniel Silva Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Spies, Traitors and Moles Well blended and Deftly Seasoned With a Dash of History

The Other Woman is Daniel Silva’s 2018 offering to his multitude of fans, and any lucky new readers who have started with the 18th book in the Gabriel Allon series. Some of us, myself included, were lucky enough to get a copy a few days in advance – the treat of all treats.

Compared to his last few books, The Other Woman is, in a way, a quieter book; there is less bling, fewer bombs, and if so inclined, one could actually track the body count, but don’t let that fool you. There are innumerable twists and turns, blown operations, dangerous gambits and missing puzzle pieces all of which strain several long time friendships and alliances and leave the reader breathless.

The Other Woman reminded me in some ways of, “An Unlikely Spy,” the very first Silva book written before Gabriel Allon had been created. This is because it deals more with the line by line, hour by hour painstaking work of spy craft rather than the more glitzy glamorous rock’em sock’em aspects, but this book is anything but slow moving or bogged down in details. The author’s humor is allowed to shine through the tension, and his repetition of certain phrases reminds me of a composer’s leitmotif.

Mr. Silva brilliantly weaves the lives and perfidies of some comparatively recent, real life spies with his fictional figures, and the reader is drawn into this spider’s web smoothly and silkily. Prescient as always, Daniel Silva has turned away from the morass of the Middle East and dropped us into the arms of Mother Russia.
We spend a lot of time in Vienna, a city that is a series of painful memories for Gabriel, who is now Head of the Office.

A standard scooping up of a Russian defector goes very wrong in a way that points to a mole. From there we are on our journey that brings us to several countries including brief visits to Israel where we catch a glimpse of favorites such as Shamron and Chiara, and those adorable twins, and longer visits to Vienna, the UK and the US. Some of the regulars are more front and center than others, but just about all our old friends are there. The historical characters are a superb touch, and those who are in my age bracket will no doubt remember much about them.

The Other Woman is riveting right up to and including the Author’s Note at the end. Big bombs are not the only scary things in this world. The Other Woman may not end with a bang, but the whimper, if heard, was just mine at finishing the best book I will read until next July.
I have enjoyed all of the Allon books and looked forward to this one. Very disappointing. Allon is now a money making product and not a character in an action thriller. The book was boring and read like google maps directions for the first half. After that you realized it was a ridiculous premise and was a vehicle for Silva to express his political views. Just a poor effort this time. I hope that Silva goes back to the drawing board and comes up with an entertaining book next time. If you are expecting an interesting and entertaining Gabriel Allon adventure, save your money!
Well, I've read all of Silva's books and up to this point liked them, but all good things must come to an end. This book is nothing but boring drivel with the same repetitive plot devices i.e. Allon once again neglecting his family, solving the world's problems, and doing the same things over and over. This is certainly the worst book Silva has ever written, almost like he didn't write it himself or doesn't care as long as he can sell more books.

It really left me wondering how the other books in this series could have been so good, or maybe I just imagined they were good but I don't think so. In any case, this book is a waste of time to read, and sadly, I'm done with Silva and this series. Maybe 18 books is just too many for any series. Pages and pages of filler material that had no relevance, so I had to skim over it to get to the story again....what little there was of it.
I have read all his books, this is the weakest. Could have left out the whole middle...re Philby..for those who have read about him
Could have done without his political commentary..I doubt Allon would have appreciated. May not read another of his books!
Daniel Silva’s books are always hard to put down, and this one was no exception. The book starts with a Russian intelligence officer being coerced into being an informant for Israel and the West, code name Heathcliff. When Heathcliff passes some intelligence that will make it apparent to the Russians that he’s passing secrets he needs to be extracted and given asylum. The Israelis will handle the exfiltration operation as they recruited him, and the British will give him asylum as they were a prime beneficiary of the information he passed on. It should be a simple operation, but a Russian assassin gets to the defector first and kills him. There is a mole somewhere in Israeli or British Intelligence giving information to the Russians – this is how they knew when and where the operation would take place. Not only have the Russians killed the asset, but they’ve cleverly found a way to cast suspicion on Gabriel Allon, the head of Israeli Intelligence, for the murder. This starts a series of events that links the present to a spy scandal from the 1950s.

Gabriel Allon and his team set out to uncover the identity of the mole and the twists and turns getting to the solution are fascinating. In addition to being a great spy story, the interplay and relationships between the familiar players from all 18 books in the Gabriel Allon series is fascinating as always. In this book one of Gabriel’s best professional relationships falls victim to events.

Because Daniel Silva books are always so tied to current events, they seem to be both fiction and non-fiction simultaneously. They always leave me feeling both very worried and yet somewhat hopeful. They’re also the only books where my first thought upon finishing is that I want to reread the book to catch anything I may have missed the first time. If you’re a newcomer to the series, this can be read as a standalone but I highly recommend starting from the first book of the series (The Kill Artist) and working forward. You’ll get to know and love the series regulars and see them evolve. This is another great book in a great series. This review is based on a complimentary pre-release copy, but that said, I liked the book so much that I purchased an ebook copy to keep in my library and reread – in fact I’m doing that right now! D