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The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
3.0

My first Daniel Silva book, and a solid start. The concept behind the main character is particularly noteworthy, as well as using a setting of the Israeli and Palestinian conflicts. It's wonderful to see a deviation from the standard CIA/FBI-American-Superhero spy.

The book has some awkward plot points and shaky character development, but that may be on account of this being Silva's first Gabirel Allon book. Points awarded though for accurately describing Vienna with streets that connect together, and not just mashing through it. The Kill Artist was well written and planned out enough that I'll look into the next few Allon books, particularly for daily commute reading.