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A review by jacki_f
The Messenger by Daniel Silva
4.0
This is the 6th book in the Gabriel Allon series which I am gradually reading my way through. There are now 16 books in the series and it's still going. They do follow on from one another but it's not essential to read them in order.
The Messenger splits into three parts. The majority of the book (approx pages 100-300) is about an operation to plant a mole into the staff of a major Saudi business and multi-millionaire who is bankrolling a terrorist organisation. I really enjoyed this middle section. It's well paced, it's fleshed out with convincing details and it's fairly tense.
On the other hand, the prequel and final section feel like rehashed outtakes from The Confessor and Prince of Fire. Reading them, I couldn't help feeling cynically that Daniel Silva needed to justify another tax deductible holiday in his favourite destination of Rome. They're perfectly okay, but it's the central section of this novel that makes it worth reading.
The Messenger splits into three parts. The majority of the book (approx pages 100-300) is about an operation to plant a mole into the staff of a major Saudi business and multi-millionaire who is bankrolling a terrorist organisation. I really enjoyed this middle section. It's well paced, it's fleshed out with convincing details and it's fairly tense.
On the other hand, the prequel and final section feel like rehashed outtakes from The Confessor and Prince of Fire. Reading them, I couldn't help feeling cynically that Daniel Silva needed to justify another tax deductible holiday in his favourite destination of Rome. They're perfectly okay, but it's the central section of this novel that makes it worth reading.