A review by jakewritesbooks
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva

4.0

Gabriel Allon and I needed a break. I burned through the first six novels of Silva's creation with rapid speed in just a few months. After enjoying them initially, I found them devolving into well-written but predictable spy novels with interchangeable bad guys and scenarios that stretch believability. This one isn't a huge deviation from that formula, but it is good enough, and paced very well (with a little more balance on the Israel-vs.-the-world-issue) that I enjoyed it more than most of the other six I have read. Especially interesting to read after the fall of Mubarak to see the oppression of Egyptians during his reign, and how that oppression can breed hate.