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9 must-read books for fans of Jack Ryan

The Defector

Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world. But he made one mistake. Leaving him alive . . . 
 
'Kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page' 5***** Reader Review 
'A heart-stopping thriller which you can't put down until you're finished' 5***** Reader Review 
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Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon is trying to resume his honeymoon in the secluded hills of Umbria with his new wife, Chiara, when shocking news reaches him from London. 
 
The defector and former Russian intelligence officer, who saved Gabriel's life in Moscow Rules, has vanished without a trace. British intelligence suspect the defector was always a double agent, but Gabriel is convinced otherwise. 
 
Gabriel and his team find themselves in a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world's most ruthless men: the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. 
 
It will take Gabriel from a quiet mews in London to the shores of Lake Como, to the glittering streets of Geneva and Zurich and, finally, to a heart-stopping climax in the snowbound birch forests of Russia. 
 
Faced with the prospect of losing the one thing he holds most dear, Gabriel will be tested in ways he never imagined possible. 
 
And his life will never be the same . . . 
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'Will make your eyes open wide with shock. No matter how late you stay up to finish the book, you'll be wide awake when you do' 5***** Reader Review

Daniel Silva is the bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, A Death in Vienna, Price of Fire, The Messenger, The Secret Servant,Moscow Rules and The Defector. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, NBC News Today correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children, Lily and Nicholas.

Gabriel Allon took down the world's most dangerous man. 
He made just one mistake. Leaving him alive . . . 
 
Spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Umbria, when shocking news arrives from London. A Russian defector who saved his life has vanished without a trace. British Intelligence suspect he was a double agent, but Allon knows better. Soon he finds himself in a deadly duel of wits with a murderous Russian arms dealer as he bargains for his friend's life. 
 
Criss-crossing Europe at breakneck pace and culminating in a heart-stopping climax in the freezing birch forests of Russia, The Defector is a searing and bloody tale of courage and vengeance . . .

Moscow Rules

The violent death of a journalist leads secret agent Gabriel Allon to Russia. But this is not the grim Moscow of Soviet times, but a new Moscow, awash in oil wealth and in thrall to a new generation of rich Stalinists plotting to challenge an old enemy: the United States. 
 
One such man is Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB colonel whose global empire is built on a lucrative and deadly business. Kharkov is an arms dealer - and he's about to sell Russia's most dangerous weapon to al-Qaeda. Unless Allon can learn the time and place of delivery, the world will suffer its deadliest terror attack since 9/11. 
 
The countdown to Armageddon has begun . . .

The English Assassin

A spectacular reissue of the concluding novel in a trilogy which also features international bestsellers The Confessor and A Death in Vienna.

Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is asked to visit Zurich, to clean the work of an Old Master for a millionaire banker. But when he gets there he finds the corpse of his client in a pool of blood beneath the masterpiece, and discovers that a secret collection of priceless paintings &ndash; stolen by Nazis in the war &ndash; is missing. 
 
With the Swiss authorities trying to pin the murder on Allon and a powerful cabal determined to make sure this wartime secret remains buried, the art restorer must use all his former spy skills to find out the truth. And with an assassin that he helped to train also on the loose, Allon will need all his wits just to stay alive &hellip;

The Secret Servant

The brilliant new thriller from the US best-selling phenomenon

It is an exciting and entertaining novel with a terrifying message

In true Bauer fashion, shootouts, kidnappings and international terror plots follow him wherever he goes.

It reads like a prediction of continuing terrorism in Europe.

The summer's best thriller and perhaps most important novel.

In Amsterdam, an Israeli terrorist analyst is murdered. The police believe the killer is a deranged Muslim extremist, but Israeli intelligence knows better. Art-restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon is dispatched to investigate, uncovering a major terrorist operation in London. 
 
 
 
Gabriel arrives too late to prevent the kidnapping of the daughter of the US ambassador. With time running out, Allon has no choice but to plunge into a desperate search, both for the woman and for those responsible, but the truth, when he finds it, is more terrible than he could expect. It will endanger his life and shake him to the core.

The Messenger

Daniel Silva is a repeat New York Times bestseller

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. 
 
An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer &ndash; photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican. 
 
Allon warns the Pope&rsquo;s private secretary, his old friend Monsignor Luigi Donati, and rushes to Rome to assist in the security. But what neither he nor Donati knows is that the Vatican has been thoroughly penetrated. An extraordinary enemy walks among them &hellip; and he&rsquo;s just getting started. 
 
In the days and weeks to come, Allon and his colleagues will find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the world &ndash; a hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back again. But for them, there may simply not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck. 
 
All Allon can do is set his trap &ndash; and hope that he himself is not the one caught in it. 
 
Filled with remarkable characters and breathtaking double and triple turns of plot, The Messenger confirms Silva&rsquo;s reputation as his generation&rsquo;s finest writer of international thrillers.

Prince of Fire

On a bright morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy. Moments later, four gunmen cut down survivors as they stagger from the burning building. Gabriel Allon is hastily recalled to Israel and drawn once more into the heart of the secret service he'd hoped to leave behind. For the blast has led to a disturbing revelation: a dossier that strips away Allon's secrets and lays bare his history. A dossier that had fallen into terrorist hands . . .

A Death in Vienna

The gripping third novel in Daniel Silva's trilogy, following on from The English Assassin and The Confessor.

Art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to discover the truth behind a bombing which killed an old friend - a Nazi hunter. 
 
While there he encounters something that turns his whole life upside down. 
 
Each fact he uncovers only leads to more questions until finally a picture emerges which is more terrible than he could have ever imagined - a portrait of evil stretching across 60 years and thousands of lives into his own personal nightmares.

The Confessor

The bestselling US thriller writer - new to Penguin UK.

A complex thriller of ancient and modern betrayal from the author of The English Assassin.

Daniel Silva

Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for . . . 
 
Glastonbury, an art restorer, has been brutally murdered, and the newly discovered Rembrandt he was working on has disappeared. 
 
For spy turned art restorer Gabriel Allon, it has been six months since his final showdown with the murderous Russian oligarch and arms dealer Ivan Kharkov. He has severed his ties with the Office with only one thing in mind: recovery. But this unspeakable act of violence once again draws Allon into a world of danger he thought he had left behind for ever. 
 
Allon is persuaded to use his unique skills to trace the painting and those responsible for the crimes. As he investigates, he discovers there are terrible secrets connected to the painting, and terrible men behind them. Before he is done, he will have undertaken a journey through some of the twentieth century's darkest history - and come face to face with some of the same darkness within himself.

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